About Anita
Anita Coffey is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma, and depression. She writes plainly and listens carefully so parents and adults can feel heard and start making small, manageable changes. Her manner is flexible and direct, whether conversations happen by voice, video, chat, or text.
She holds a master’s degree in social work and brings 13 years of clinical experience in Kentucky.
Background and approach
Much of her background is in addiction rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, school-based services, and work with court-related treatment programs. That range informs how she tailors plans to real-life situations and daily routines. Anita’s style centers on the client.
She uses solution-focused steps to set achievable goals and motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Cognitive behavioral techniques are folded in to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to build practical coping skills. When addressing relationship and family concerns, she helps individuals work through communication problems, blended family stress, and issues like codependency or separation.
For trauma and abuse or mood problems, she balances present-focused strategies with attention to underlying patterns that affect daily life. Sessions are offered in English and adapted to the person’s preferred format. Anita aims to make therapy doable around busy schedules and financial questions, helping people take realistic next steps toward feeling better.
How Anita Uses Common Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person leads the pace and topics. It helps when someone needs support sorting feelings, setting priorities, and being heard without judgment.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical homework and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and strengthens commitment. It is useful for addictions, lifestyle shifts, and situations where ambivalence holds someone back.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anita will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences, and then tailor a mix of methods. The choice of techniques is collaborative and can shift as progress is made.
Online work offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or travel limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging works well for short updates or homework checks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into day-to-day life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English