Anita Coffey, LCSW

Anita Coffey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Kentucky with 13 years of clinical experience. She holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work and has provided services across a range of treatment settings, including addiction rehabilitation, outpatient clinical work with children and adults, Drug Court programs, and school-based family services before moving into private practice.

Anita works with individuals and families across concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her additional focus areas include issues like codependency, blended family challenges, divorce and separation, substance use, post-traumatic stress, and feelings of isolation or shame. She has experience supporting clients through practical problems such as money and family conflicts as well as deeper emotional work around forgiveness, guilt, and life purpose.

Her clinical style is client-centered and solution-focused, integrating motivational interviewing with cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients set goals and build skills. Anita communicates in both verbal and written formats and aims to be flexible and approachable in her work. If her approach aligns with a prospective client’s needs, she invites them to reach out to explore whether she may be a good fit.

Approaches and Online Therapy with Anita Coffey

Client-centered therapy places the client at the heart of the process, with the therapist offering empathy and support while helping clients identify their own goals and resources. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and building self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns and helps clients learn practical skills for managing symptoms.

Motivational interviewing is a collaborative method that helps people explore ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change. It is frequently applied in work around addictions, substance use, and other behavior change goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Anita works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible options for connecting by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations within the therapist's service area.