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Online therapist

Anneka Dockery

Calm, practical therapy for families and parents

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
6 years
Licensed in
New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Anneka

Anneka Dockery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who centers her work on practical, down-to-earth support for families and parents. She draws on six years of outpatient counseling experience to help people who are juggling stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and straightforward and aims to make conversations feel comfortable and useful from the first session.

She has worked in residential treatment settings and provided counseling for children in foster care.

Background and approach

Those roles gave her experience with grief, attachment concerns, and trauma related to family separation and abuse. She has also done internship work with veterans and military families and understands how military life can create unique stress for partners and households. In sessions she asks clear questions to understand what is happening at home.

She avoids labels and focuses on concrete goals you can notice week to week. Together with each client she decides which therapy methods to try, because one approach does not fit every situation. Her toolbox includes techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy.

She blends these methods to address communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, infidelity, and other relationship struggles. Anneka works with people facing life transitions, career stress, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, forgiveness, and isolation.

Her aim is to help families communicate better and find practical steps toward calmer days.

Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small, helpful actions you can take at home to improve family life and reduce anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors that keep stress or depression going and teaches clear, practical skills to change them. CBT is useful for managing mood, coping with life changes, and handling difficult day-to-day interactions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early family connections shape current relationships and communication. It can help couples and parents repair trust, improve closeness, and reduce reactive patterns.

Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person or family to pick methods that fit goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying approaches, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to one method from the start.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy households. Video calls let families meet face to face from home, while phone, live chat, and text options provide shorter or more frequent check-ins when schedules are tight. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into real life, keep continuity during transitions, and use therapy strategies between meetings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, trauma and family conflicts.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and down to earth. She asks direct questions and focuses on practical steps rather than labels.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of outpatient mental health experience and has worked in residential treatment and foster care counseling, as well as an internship with veterans and military families.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed in Delaware and holds the credential LMFT with license numbers DE LMFT FT-0000064 and NC LMFT 20820.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
6 years
Licensed
New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia
Languages
English

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