Antonette Anuwe, LPA

Antonette Anuwe offers a diverse array of psychological assessment and professional counseling services. Joining Gearing Up in 2015, she brings excellent experience from psychiatric settings, educational environments, and psychologist offices specializing in forensic services and psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. Antonette has completed extensive training in the administration and scoring of psychological testing, intellectual and educational testing, and professional report writing. In 2016, she completed an advanced training program in projective personality testing and is now working under the supervision of Gearing Up Clinical Director, Dr. Milton Gearing.

Antonette has a passion to help children and teens. In previous positions, she worked with children struggling with both developmental and social challenges. In that capacity, she conducted play therapy and group activities and games geared toward enhancing social skills. In addition, Antonette provided education to their parents to help them support their child’s continued social and emotional development.

Educated at two of the most prominent universities in Texas, Baylor University and Texas A&M University, Antonette has developed an intense and unwavering interest in professional excellence. At Baylor, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Child and Family Studies. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Texas A&M at Corpus Christi.

Specializations and Experience In:

• Psychological Evaluation and Assessment
• Adult Individual Therapy
• Adolescent Individual Therapy
• Child Individual Therapy
• Adolescent Group Therapy
• Mood Disorders (Depression/Anxiety)
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Complex Trauma Disorder
• Bipolar Disorders
• Panic and Social Anxiety
• Mindfulness Training
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
• Anger Management
• Grief and Loss
• Diagnosing Social Skills Deficits
• Social Skills Training
• Parenting Training and Consultation
• Family Conflict Issues

Specialized Training In:

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – completed over 55 hours of advanced DBT training, co-lead for 100’s of hours of DBT group sessions
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) – Certified
• Complex Trauma Disorder
• Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents (ARC)

Among Antonette’s many accomplishments are the following:

• Bachelors of Science in Psychology, Child and Family Studies (minor) from Baylor University
• Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
• Member of PSI CHI International Honor Society In Psychology