About Angela
Angela Freed is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, changes in life circumstances, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy. Her work also addresses parenting strains, anger, depression, and burnout like compassion fatigue.
With 14 years of professional experience, she adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation. Sessions are guided by respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
How Angela works
Angela aims to make changes feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Her approach centers on practical steps and steady support. She helps people identify what matters most, notice unhelpful patterns, and try different ways of responding.
Therapy can include short-term coping tools and longer work on deeper patterns, depending on a person’s goals. Angela also focuses on concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related worry, family of origin issues, communication problems, control issues, and separation or divorce.
She addresses identity-related topics like LGBT concerns and gender dysphoria, and emotional struggles such as guilt, shame, emptiness, and isolation. Her aim is to empower people to make choices that fit their values. She works with each person to set clear goals and track progress.
The result is a practical, person-centered process that helps people move toward more resilience and purpose.
What Angela works with
The areas below are the ones Angela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Angela uses evidence-based techniques focused on practical change and emotional processing. One approach helps people build skills to manage day-to-day anxiety and stress by teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step problem solving. These techniques are useful for panic, worry, and overwhelming stress responses.Another approach focuses on grief, loss, and trauma by creating a paced space to tell difficult stories and practice new ways of coping. This work supports people who are carrying heavy feelings after major life changes or painful events.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat offer flexibility for brief updates, homework, or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and varied routines.
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