About Angela
Angela Gardner is a licensed social worker in Michigan with seven years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes, and she aims to make the first step toward help feel less overwhelming. She builds a calm, open space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgment.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on what matters most to the client. Angela emphasizes listening first, then shaping practical ways to cope.
How Angela works
Her practice also addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, anger, and depression. Additional areas of attention include caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, aging and geriatric issues, and cancer-related concerns. She also works with people facing hospice and end-of-life issues and the emotions that come with those transitions.
Angela supports people navigating family problems, divorce and separation, communication breakdowns, and feelings like guilt, shame, jealousy, or emptiness. She also helps those experiencing isolation or compassion fatigue to find steadier footing and clearer next steps. Work with Angela focuses on practical coping strategies paired with steady emotional support.
She helps people name the problem, try small changes, and build routines that feel manageable. The goal is clearer thinking, less overwhelm, and better day-to-day ways of coping.
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
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Angela’s Approaches Work Online
Angela uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change and emotional support. One common approach is problem-focused work that identifies specific stressors and builds step-by-step coping strategies to reduce overwhelm and manage anxiety. This helps people who need clear tools for day-to-day challenges.Another common element is grief-focused support that helps people process loss in manageable ways. Sessions break grief into smaller tasks like remembering, naming feelings, and creating routines that help with daily functioning. This can be useful for those facing bereavement, hospice-related concerns, or changes in caregiving roles.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. The therapist listens to what matters most, discusses options, and together they try methods that fit the client’s goals and preferences. Adjustments are made as needs shift over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video works well for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or brief support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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