About Angela
Dr. Angela Legner is a licensed mental health counselor who combines practical therapies with a calm, person-centered stance. She uses clear language and steady guidance to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life changes.
She draws from approaches like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment methods, and attachment-based ideas to help people notice what matters and take manageable steps. Sessions aim to identify patterns that cause pain and to build routines that reduce distress over time.
How Angela works
Her background includes nine years of clinical experience and licensure as an LMHC and as an LPC. That clinical time has involved working with mood disorders, attention concerns, grief, anger, intimacy-related struggles, and career stress among other issues. In session she uses straightforward tools such as behavior-focused exercises, values clarification, and skills for emotional regulation.
She helps people practice new responses between appointments so changes stick and feel usable in daily life. Her practice also addresses long-term concerns like chronic illness, caregiver strain, aging-related questions, and body image. People often come wanting clearer communication, better sleep, and more confidence; the work focuses on small, repeatable steps toward those goals.
Angela lists 11 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where knowing what matters helps guide choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that fuel distress and on practicing small, concrete changes to reduce symptoms. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep troubles, and responding to stressful situations.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape how people connect and handle emotion. It can help with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and building more satisfying connections.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to concerns, outline options, and try methods that match the client’s goals and pace. They adjust strategies over time based on what helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises, phone sessions can fit a tighter schedule or lower bandwidth situations, live chat is convenient for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related routines.
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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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