Anita Aasen
Experienced LCSW offering practical, compassionate care
LCSW, LICSW New York
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Anita
Anita Aasen is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of practice. She holds an LCSW in Maine and a LICSW in Vermont and works from New York.
Background and approach
Anita meets people where they are and helps them move forward at their own pace. Anita focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship problems.
She also supports people facing burnout, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, sleep problems, and the ups and downs of parenting and career change. Young adult issues, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and coping with major life transitions are also areas she addresses.
Her style is practical and person-centered. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
She draws on client-centered methods to listen closely and on cognitive behavioral tools to spot patterns that keep problems going. Anita integrates Gottman Method ideas when relationship work fits the need, and she uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to help manage intense emotions and build coping tools.
Solution-focused strategies are used to set small, achievable steps so progress is visible. She has experience working with people affected by cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, multicultural issues, and self-harm thoughts.
Anita also brings a background in substance-abuse counseling and familiarity with 12-step and SMART Recovery approaches. People who choose Anita often want a steady, experienced clinician who combines practical skills with warmth and a sense of humor.
She encourages finding strengths in hardship and noticing small moments of gratitude while working toward clear goals.
Using proven approaches in online therapy
Gottman Method ideas are used to understand communication patterns and to build practical habits that improve how partners relate. These techniques focus on small, repeatable actions that reduce conflict and increase connection. Client-centered therapy puts the person and their priorities at the center of sessions, with the therapist listening closely and shaping the work around the client's goals and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then practice new ways of thinking and acting. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Anita blends these approaches to match each person's situation and goals in a collaborative way, so the plan evolves as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in, live chat offers a typed real-time option, and messaging can support shorter reflections between sessions. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed in
New York, Maine, Vermont, Utah
Languages
English