About Anita
Anita Tanner is a licensed master social worker who helps people cope with anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and difficult life changes. She brings a calm, direct approach to conversations and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Anita has worked in the field for many decades and draws on that experience when supporting someone through a rocky time.
Her style centers on listening carefully and shaping treatment to each person.
Background and approach
She uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral work to challenge unhelpful thinking. She also weaves in mindfulness and acceptance ideas to help people live with difficult feelings without getting stuck. Anita emphasizes simple, doable skills.
That can include short behavioral experiments, attention to daily routines, and exercises to notice thoughts without judgment. She often helps people set small goals that add up to real change over time. Sessions are practical and grounded in everyday life.
Over a 40-year career Anita has seen a wide range of concerns. That includes compassion fatigue and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, issues around intimacy and relationships, and end-of-life or hospice-related needs. Her work also covers mood disorders, anger, abandonment concerns, and the search for life purpose.
She offers sessions in English and connects with people across locations, including international clients. Anita works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick a format that fits their schedule and comfort.
How evidence-based methods meet flexible online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while staying connected to personal values. It encourages small committed actions that move life toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the therapist listens and follows the person’s lead to build insight and self-direction.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Anita will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and which methods feel most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress and needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video can replicate a traditional session when face-to-face interaction matters. Phone work can be a practical option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on making steady, usable progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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