About Angela
Angela Richardson Goodwin is a PACFA counsellor with 15 years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain and low self-esteem. Her style is practical and clear, focused on building skills people can use straight away.
Angela blends contemporary, evidence-based approaches with mindfulness practices she has developed from living in the USA, Asia and India. She brings a varied background to sessions, using psychometric tools and worksheets when they help shed light on behaviour and patterns.
How Angela works
Sessions aim to identify unhelpful dynamics and build healthier ways of relating to others and to oneself. Her earlier career as an IT business analyst shaped a problem-solving mindset, while time in the Defence Forces and years at sea contributed to resilience and a calm approach under pressure.
These experiences inform how she supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and major life transitions. In the room she focuses on uncovering strengths, teaching coping strategies, and fostering acceptance. Angela works collaboratively to set practical goals and develop step-by-step plans for change.
Her work often includes attention to body-mind connections, drawing on simple mindfulness and behavioural strategies. People looking for straightforward guidance on communication problems, trust and attachment issues, guilt and shame, or midlife concerns will find a direct, empathic counsellor in Angela. She aims to help people leave sessions with clearer choices and manageable next steps.
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
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online practice
Angela draws on contemporary, evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness-based practices. One approach focuses on identifying unhelpful relationship patterns and teaching communication skills; this helps people address conflict, intimacy concerns and trust issues by practising new ways of interacting. Another strand concentrates on stress and anxiety management using behavioural strategies and simple mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Angela works with each person to understand goals and preferences, then adapts methods over time so therapy fits the issue and the individual. She discusses options openly and adjusts techniques as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video sessions suit in-depth conversations and seeing non-verbal cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief reflections, ongoing support between sessions or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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