Anthony Watkins

LMFT

Therapist

About Anthony Watkins

Tony specializes in helping individuals, couples, and families who feel overwhelmed, discouraged, or have lost hope. With more than 25 years of experience in helping professions, Tony brings a compassionate, practical, and personalized approach to counseling.

As a retired ordained pastor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Tony understands that emotional, relational, and spiritual concerns are often interconnected. For clients who desire it, he can thoughtfully integrate faith and spirituality into the counseling process. At the same time, Tony fully respects the beliefs, values, and preferences of those who do not wish to include spiritual matters in therapy.

Tony works collaboratively with each client to understand their unique needs, goals, and strengths, creating a treatment plan tailored to their situation and desired outcomes.

Areas of clinical focus include:

• Trauma and trauma recovery
• Marriage and couples counseling
• Relationship and family conflict
• Depression, anxiety, and life transitions
• Suicidal thoughts and crisis intervention
• Grief, loss, and hopelessness

Specialized training includes:

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality)
• EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• The Seven Challenges Program

Tony is committed to helping people move from distress and hopelessness toward healing, resilience, and renewed purpose. If you feel like you are near the end of your rope, please know that you are valued, your life matters, and help is available. Whenever possible, Tony strives to offer appointments for individuals experiencing a crisis within two business days of initial contact.