Anita Thomas-Bua
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
LCPC, LPC Illinois
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Anita
Anita Thomas-Bua is a licensed psychotherapist with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and a wide array of life transitions.
Background and approach
She combines therapy and coaching to support clients dealing with grief, intimacy and eating concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem, career shifts, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, along with related issues such as attachment and blended family difficulties. Her approach is warm, interactive, and grounded in respect and sensitivity.
Anita uses a range of methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), client-centered techniques, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Imago relationship work, and Jungian perspectives to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. She emphasizes education and empowerment, drawing on a Helen Keller-inspired belief that growth often comes through facing challenges.
Based in Illinois with licensure in both Illinois and Wisconsin, Anita offers practical support to help restore balance in mind, body, and spirit. Her style blends active collaboration with compassionate listening, aiming to guide clients toward clearer goals and renewed strengths as they take steps toward change.
How Anita’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on empathic listening and supporting each person’s own capacity for growth, helping with issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm through acceptance and encouragement. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood regulation by teaching practical skills and coping strategies. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps explore emotional patterns and attachment-related concerns to improve connection and emotional regulation in relationships and personal healing.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work and happens collaboratively. Anita will discuss your goals, preferences, and the challenges you bring to determine whether CBT, client-centered work, EFT, or a blend of methods will best support your progress, and she adapts plans as needs evolve.
Online formats offer flexibility for fitting therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for more nuanced emotional work, phone sessions can be a simpler option when on the go, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing everyday responsibilities.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Illinois, Wisconsin
Languages
English