Anita Thomas-Bua

Anita Thomas-Bua is a licensed psychotherapist with two decades of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with adults across life stages and helps with issues like grief, parenting strain, eating and body-image distress, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with major life changes. Anita also offers life coaching to support practical goals alongside therapy.

She brings a warm, interactive style to sessions and focuses on respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions emphasize education and empowerment so clients can rebuild balance in mind, body, and spirit. Anita often draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when trauma is central, alongside Client-Centered approaches that keep the person’s priorities in view.

Her approach also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thought and behavior, and Emotionally-Focused and Imago methods to address relationship dynamics and emotional bonds. She integrates techniques to match each person’s needs rather than use a single method for everyone.

Anita trained and holds licensure as an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. She has worked with adolescents, adults, and geriatric clients over her career, and brings experience with mood disorders and complex life stressors.

She practices from Illinois and supports clients in English, including people outside the United States. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the listed process.

Approaches you may see in online sessions

Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on helping people process and settle the effects of traumatic experiences. It often combines emotional support with practical strategies to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and experiences, offering a nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client’s pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and introduces concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, and then use elements from these methods that fit best. That might mean focusing on grounding and emotion regulation first, then adding skills work or relationship-focused work later.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a workday break, or scheduling around caregiving duties. It can also reduce travel time and help people keep therapy consistent when life gets hectic.