About Anita
Anita Thomas-Bua helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the strain of caregiving. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, eating and body-image problems, career struggles, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and life transitions. Anita is a licensed clinical professional counselor and a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience in human services and psychotherapy.
Her approach is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on respect, sensitivity, and practical steps people can use between meetings.
How Anita works
Anita aims to help clients feel heard, build coping skills, and find clearer direction for change. She draws on client-centered techniques to keep the conversation focused on each person’s needs. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot patterns in thinking and try small behavior changes that can reduce distress.
Emotionally-focused and Imago-informed work guide conversations about attachment and how to improve emotional connection and communication. Anita also brings Jungian ideas into sessions when exploring personal meaning and life themes is helpful. She offers life coaching tools alongside therapeutic work for clients seeking clearer goals and action plans.
Her manner is encouraging while staying practical and goal-oriented. Based in Illinois, Anita has worked with adolescents, adults, and older adults across a variety of mental health concerns. She provides therapy in English and accepts international clients.
People interested in beginning work are invited to start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions.
Anita lists 9 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the client’s lead. Online sessions using this approach concentrate on what matters most to the person and on building trust so they can explore difficult topics and set personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. In remote sessions CBT often includes structured check-ins, practical exercises to do between sessions, and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety or depression symptoms.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy addresses how people experience and express emotion, especially around relationships and attachment needs. Through online conversations, the therapist helps clients notice emotional patterns and learn new ways to communicate and connect.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then choose or combine methods that fit. This collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the plan if something isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversations while phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
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