- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Anita
Anita Stadler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wyoming who helps people navigate parenting concerns alongside a wide range of life challenges. She brings 15 years of clinical experience and a down-to-earth style to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and substance use. Her tone is warm and nonjudgmental, aiming to make parents feel heard and supported.
She focuses on practical steps. Sessions often include clear strategies for managing intense feelings, improving communication, and responding to difficult moments with children.
Background and approach
Anita uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful patterns and client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s priorities. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship dynamics and parenting patterns that repeat across generations.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) concepts are used to help people clarify values and act in ways that match those values, even when emotions run high. Dialectical behavior ideas can be added when emotion regulation or interpersonal boundaries are a struggle. Anita adapts the pace and focus to fit what each person brings to the room.
She avoids labels and focuses on concrete problems families are facing, like blended family challenges, communication breakdowns, or parenting after loss. Conversations are collaborative with clear goals and steps you can try between sessions. Her approach suits people who want practical tools and steady support while they work through parenting stress, life transitions, or past trauma.
What Anita works with
Everything Anita lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Anita helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Anita lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Anita often draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people identify what matters most to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions feel overwhelming. ACT is useful for parenting stress, anxiety, and life changes because it focuses on action aligned with values rather than getting stuck in difficult thoughts.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current parenting and communication. That approach helps people spot repeating dynamics and try different ways of relating that may feel safer and more connected.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Anita collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, temperaments, and schedules. She may mix ACT, attachment ideas, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to create a practical plan for change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat is handy for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching or quick prompts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around parenting duties, work, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Anita
What concerns does she address?
Anita supports people with parenting stress and many related concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and career stress.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on clear skills, problem solving, and conversations shaped by the client’s priorities.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of experience in mental health settings working with a broad range of concerns including trauma, substance use, and parenting challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Anita holds the LPC credential and is licensed as a Texas LPC and a Wyoming LPC, and she practices from Wyoming.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She meets with people using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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