Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
How Anita works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Anita
Anita Thomas-Bua is a licensed psychotherapist with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She works with adults across life stages and brings a calm, respectful presence to hard conversations. Her approach is warm and interactive.
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. Anita blends talk therapy with coaching to help clients build skills and regain balance in daily life.
Background and approach
She uses several methods to match each person's needs, including client-centered work that follows the client's lead and cognitive behavioral tools that look at thinking and behavior patterns. Emotion-focused and Imago ideas guide how she addresses strong feelings and relationship patterns. Jungian perspectives are used when exploring personal meaning and deeper themes in a person's life.
Anita draws on experience from many settings over 20 years as a counselor and psychotherapist. She treats mood disorders and a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, ADHD, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and issues around intimacy and parenting. Sessions are offered in English and she works with people in Illinois while also accepting international clients.
Her style is compassionate and direct, aiming to educate and empower clients so they can make changes that last.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Anita lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How approachable methods translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person, helping them feel heard and guiding sessions around their priorities. This approach is useful for stress, grief, and relationship concerns where the person needs space to tell their story.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers hands-on strategies people can practice between sessions. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life changes because it emphasizes clear skills and measurable steps.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work through strong emotions that drive repeating patterns. It can be helpful for improving how someone handles intense feelings and for repairing relationship dynamics at an individual level.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and will collaborate to choose methods that fit the client's needs and pace. That planning happens together so changes feel manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video mirrors an in-person conversation, phone can be easier when video is difficult, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on progress and practical tools.
Questions people ask about Anita
What kinds of concerns does Anita help with?
Anita supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and interactive. She combines compassionate listening with practical steps and coaching to help people make changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working as a psychotherapist, counselor, and life coach with adults and geriatric populations.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Illinois; the LPC credential also notes Wisconsin.
In which language are sessions offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
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 her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.