With over 15 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and couples, Dr Anita Blakeley Smith aims to treat each client as a unique individual with their own unique biology, personal history, strengths and areas for change. As such, assessments include a collaborative approach to provide your own program of evidence based intervention. She provides a warm and friendly approach, combined with a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work. She is published across a variety of mental health and relationship areas. She is a busy mother of three.
Anita focuses on the areas of depression and various anxiety disorders, self esteem, personality disorders and relationship issues. Her therapy involves a collaborative approach incorporating evidence based treatments such as : Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Solution Focussed Therapy and Couples Therapy (Gottmann and Emotion Focus
