About Anita
Anita Tanner is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and mood disorders. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Anita writes and speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
She often works with people facing major life changes, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and issues around aging. Anita also supports those dealing with relationship pain, intimacy concerns, anger, and the long shadows of trauma or abandonment.
How Anita works
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and restore a sense of purpose. Anita uses straightforward methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce emotional reactivity. She combines these with acceptance-based ideas to help people make values-based choices even when feelings are intense.
Motivational interviewing techniques are used to build momentum for change. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Anita helps clients set small, doable steps and track progress between meetings.
She encourages practical coping tools for everyday stress and strategies for navigating grief, family problems, or life transitions. Having spent decades in the field, Anita brings long experience without jargon. She practices in Michigan and works in English.
People who want to talk through midlife concerns, caregiving stress, or long-term mood issues often find the focus and calm she offers helpful.
Anita lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Anita works with
The areas below are the ones Anita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches for online work and practical change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps in that direction even when emotions are strong. It focuses on values and committed action rather than only trying to reduce difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches skills to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that maintain anxiety or depression. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that suit your situation. Together you can adjust techniques based on how they feel and what helps most, mixing strategies as needed to match your priorities.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversations and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to share updates between sessions and fit support into busy days. These formats help people access consistent care while juggling caregiving, work, or health challenges.
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