Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
How Anita works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado, Arizona, Texas
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Anita
Anita Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addiction issues, trauma, and anger. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people find calmer ways to cope and communicate.
With 11 years of clinical experience, she guides people through difficult moments and patterns that keep problems stuck. Sessions often look at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact so clients can try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Anita draws on approaches that teach concrete skills for managing impulses and overwhelming emotions. She also supports people working through grief, self-esteem struggles, relationship conflict, and the fallout from addiction or trauma. Her background includes work with first responder concerns and complex cases where multiple issues occur together.
The goal is practical change rather than labels or long explanations. Anita combines problem-solving techniques with emotion-focused work so clients can both feel understood and build new tools. She uses brief skill practice, goal-focused planning, and emotion processing when needed.
People leave sessions with steps they can try between meetings. Sessions are offered in English and delivered remotely in ways that fit different schedules and needs. Anita aims to help people reduce anger and impulsivity, manage anxiety, and move forward after painful experiences.
What Anita works with
Everything Anita lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Anita's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Approaches Anita lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches for managing strong emotions
Anita uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical steps to shift them; it can help with anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. DBT focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication skills, which can be useful for anger, impulsivity, and intense emotional reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anita will discuss goals and preferences with each person and suggest which methods to try first. Decisions are collaborative and can change as progress is made, mixing skill training with emotion-focused processing when needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick skill coaching between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Anita
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
Anita works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship strain, trauma and a range of addiction concerns. She also addresses issues like impulsivity, shame, and communication problems.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines practical skill teaching with emotion-focused work. Sessions include problem solving, skill practice, and processing of painful experiences.
How much clinical experience does she have?
The profile notes 11 years of experience working with people facing trauma, addiction recovery, and emotional regulation challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with licensure noted as AZ LPC and CO LPC, and practices while based in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.