Anicia Battles, LMSW

Anicia Battles, LMSW, focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or major life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what is most difficult right now. Her approach aims to help clients find practical ways to cope and move forward.

She brings nine years of clinical experience and has worked with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, and parenting strain. Anicia also addresses issues such as postpartum depression, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment struggles, and workplace stress. She uses methods that support clearer thinking and stronger emotional coping.

In sessions she emphasizes an empathic, strength-focused way of working that centers the client's goals. Clients can expect direct conversation about patterns of thinking and feeling, and simple strategies to try between meetings. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going.

Anicia also uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to pay attention to how relationships shape feelings. Narrative and psychodynamic approaches inform deeper conversations about past experiences and meaning when those things matter to a person’s healing.

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible scheduling. Anicia practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.

How Anicia’s Approaches Work Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and helps people build more secure ways of connecting and coping.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Anicia works together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She will adjust the focus as progress is made so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences. Video is useful when a longer conversation is needed, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit quick check-ins or times when shorter, more frequent contact works best. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while keeping the work focused on the client’s goals and progress.