About Angela
Angela Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Texas with nine years of practice as an LCSW. She brings a steady, down-to-earth approach and a straightforward belief that deciding to get help is a strong first step. Her manner is compassionate and she values a touch of humor when it fits the moment.
Before her work as an LCSW she spent many years in mental health roles, including hospital and jail settings, supporting people facing addiction, trauma, and serious mental health challenges.
How Angela works
She has also taught at the university level and enjoys learning from others as much as she enjoys encouraging them. That mix of hands-on clinical experience and teaching shapes how she works. In sessions she adapts methods to what the person needs rather than relying on one fixed style.
She uses client-centered methods to follow a person's own goals, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and motivational interviewing to build readiness to change. Solution-focused strategies are used to identify small, practical steps that move someone forward.
People come to her for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Additional areas she supports include body image issues, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and life purpose questions. She offers work that is collaborative and practical, with attention to a person's values and background.
Her goal is to tailor care so it fits each person's life and helps them rebuild or move forward one step at a time.
Angela lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Angela’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening to a person's goals and adjusting support around what matters to them. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow a person’s pace and priorities, whether that means emotional processing or practical problem solving. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them. In virtual visits CBT can include talking through thought patterns, setting small homework tasks, and tracking progress between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with strong emotions to improve important relationships. Online EFT can be used to name feelings, practice new ways of expressing needs, and rehearse conversations people want to have in their lives. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. This collaborative process helps pick techniques that feel useful and realistic for each person. Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, or tight schedules while keeping the focus on meaningful progress.Start online instead of waiting
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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