Anita Adams, LPC

Anita Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor who uses clear, practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and trauma. She works with adults who are facing tough life changes, grief, anger, or problems with self-esteem and relationships. Anita brings 11 years of clinical experience in Colorado to each session.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. That means sessions often include learning specific skills to change unhelpful thoughts, practicing emotional awareness, and improving communication in close relationships. Anita also uses EMDR and Motivational Interviewing when those methods may help the work progress.

In sessions she focuses on concrete steps clients can try between meetings. Those might be short behavior experiments, written exercises, or practice in managing strong emotions. She addresses issues such as addiction recovery, post-traumatic stress, compulsive behaviors, and problems tied to guilt or shame.

Anita pays attention to how patterns of thinking and feeling show up in daily life. She helps people notice triggers, set small goals, and build routines that support steady progress. Her style is direct but compassionate, aimed at usable tools rather than lengthy theory.

Practical matters are part of the process. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Anita works with adults across a range of concerns and focuses on making therapy fit the client’s schedule and real-world needs.

How CBT and DBT skills translate to online therapy

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions can guide clients through thought records, behavioral experiments, and targeted homework to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills in bite-sized steps that translate well to remote work and short practice between sessions.

EMDR is also part of the toolkit and can be offered online when appropriate; it aims to process distressing memories through guided bilateral stimulation and can help with trauma symptoms when combined with careful pacing and preparation. The therapist will discuss which methods feel like the best fit and tailor the plan to each person’s goals and comfort level. Choosing an approach is collaborative, and adjustments happen as needed based on progress and preference.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy lives. Video works well for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can be a good option for focused check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or working through exercises when schedules are tight. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to continue consistent work over time.