About
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and depression
- Caregiver stress
About Anita
Anita Tanner is an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker based in Michigan with 40 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, and life changes. Anita focuses on practical support for people dealing with loss, caregiving strain, and shifts that come with midlife and aging.
She regularly helps people who are coping with chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, anger, and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder. Her background includes work around family problems, abandonment, guilt and shame, and end-of-life concerns.
Anita uses several counseling approaches to match what the person wants to work on. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and take small steps toward them. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Client-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness techniques are part of how she helps people slow down and make clearer choices.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Anita focuses on clear goals and skills you can try between meetings. She also supports reflections about meaning, forgiveness, and life purpose when those topics matter.
People who contact her will be asked a few questions to match goals and plan a first session. Anita sees the emotional and practical sides of long-term challenges and concentrates on steady, manageable steps forward.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Anita often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts while committing to actions that reflect personal priorities, which can help with grief, life changes, and low motivation.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change patterns of thought and behavior that keep anxiety or depression going. CBT is practical and skill based, useful when someone wants tools to manage worrying, mood patterns, or unhelpful reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Anita will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods as the work progresses. That means sessions can include skill practice, mindful exercises, or problem-focused discussion depending on what helps most.
Confirm the current session formats before booking since none are listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, shorten some check-ins when needed, and avoid travel. It also allows use of mindfulness exercises, behavioral assignments, and focused conversations in ways that fit daily life rather than requiring large blocks of time.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she work with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family problems, caregiver issues, chronic illness, and related mood concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and conversational, using goal-focused work and skills practice alongside reflective discussion.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of clinical experience working with adults in Michigan on a range of life and mood concerns.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker based in Michigan.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.
How does pricing work?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.