Anneka Dockery, LMFT

Anneka Dockery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with six years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, relationships, and trauma and abuse.

Her work often centers on relationship and intimacy concerns, attachment issues, grief, and self-esteem challenges. She also helps people navigating major life changes, career stress, caregiver strain, and complications tied to family dynamics. LGBT concerns and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder are included among the areas she addresses.

Anneka has experience in outpatient mental health, residential treatment settings for at-risk youth, and counseling foster care children. She also completed an internship working with veterans and military families and understands the stresses that can come from military life as a military spouse herself.

In sessions she keeps things respectful and nonjudgmental. She asks questions to understand each person’s situation and tailors the work to what will be most helpful. She views therapy as a collaborative effort and is willing to refer people elsewhere if another type of care is a better match.

Her practical approach emphasizes finding what works for each person rather than sticking to one model. Early sessions focus on assessment and on choosing methods that fit the client’s goals. The aim is steady progress toward greater confidence, improved relationships, and better ways to handle life’s stresses.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and shifting patterns through practical exercises and behavior changes, which is often helpful for depression, anxiety, and mood regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and situation. Early conversations focus on assessment and then on adapting approaches as progress is tracked together.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life, reduce commuting time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera when that helps them engage. Ask about the specific session formats offered when you start the process so you know what will be available.