Anneka Dockery, LMFT

Anneka Dockery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Delaware. She brings six years of outpatient experience and a warm, down-to-earth style to sessions. She aims to make therapy straightforward and respectful so people feel heard from the start.

Her work often focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and grief. She also helps with self-esteem, career strain, compassion fatigue, and adjustment after big life changes. She supports people facing trauma, abuse, and complex family dynamics.

Anneka uses a mix of practical methods shaped around the person she is meeting. She often draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice and shift patterns of thinking and behavior. She incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas when people are working on values and coping with difficult emotions.

Attachment-based and client-centered techniques appear in her work when relationships and connection are central topics. She also brings skills from dialectical behavior approaches for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when those tools fit the situation.

Her past roles include outpatient mental health, residential treatment for at-risk youth, and counseling in foster care settings. That range gives her experience with family of origin issues, attachment concerns, parenting challenges, and disruptive mood behaviors. Anneka aims to match the approach to each person and will discuss options during assessment.

How Anneka’s Approaches Work Online

Anneka commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching clear skills to try between sessions.

She also brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into work when values and acceptance of difficult feelings matter. ACT helps people clarify what matters most and take committed steps even with uncomfortable emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy is used when relationship patterns and connection are central, focusing on how past bonds shape current responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Anneka collaborates with each person during assessment to decide which methods fit best. She tailors techniques to the client's goals, preferences, and the particular problems they want to address.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.