Anita Coffey

Anita Coffey is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) practicing in Kentucky with 13 years of experience. She helps people who feel stuck by addressing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and depression. Many who come to her are questioning what to do next in work or life and want practical steps rather than quick fixes.

Anita trained in social work for both undergraduate and graduate study and has worked across settings. She spent a decade in addiction rehabilitation, provided outpatient therapy in clinical settings, served as a therapist for Drug Court, and worked with children and families in schools before moving into private practice. Those roles shaped her focus on real-world problems and recovery work.

Her day-to-day approach is straightforward. She uses client-centered and solution-focused methods, often combining motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions look at current struggles, identify small, doable changes, and track progress over time.

Anita also draws on psychodynamic ideas when needed to understand longer-standing patterns from past relationships. That can help when issues like abandonment, codependency, or repeated communication problems keep showing up. She balances exploring history with concrete steps to manage mood, cravings, or conflict.

People consult her for addiction concerns, family and blended family challenges, divorce and separation, money stress, and questions about life purpose. Anita communicates plainly and adapts to verbal or written interaction styles. To begin, the next step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

How Anita Uses Therapy Approaches Online

Anita commonly uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on the person’s own goals and the therapist listening closely to what matters most. This approach helps when someone feels unsure about next steps or needs support naming their priorities.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and try concrete behavior changes. CBT techniques are useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and for building routines that reduce stress. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to help people find internal reasons to change, especially around addictions or ambivalence about next steps.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the early work. Anita will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean focusing on short-term problem solving at first, then looking at deeper patterns if helpful.

The biography does not specify online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time so therapy fits around work or family obligations.