About Angela
Angela Harris is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina. She brings 14 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, and low self-esteem. Angela works with clients who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to start.
She uses straightforward conversation and steady support to help people find clearer footing. Angela earned a Master of Social Work from East Carolina University and has worked in many parts of the field.
Background and approach
Her background includes advocacy and direct support for LGBTQIA people and undocumented community members. That experience shapes a respectful, nonjudgmental approach in sessions. In the therapy room she focuses on practical steps you can use between meetings.
She helps clients identify patterns, set small goals, and try out new ways of handling stress and conflict. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She also addresses more specific issues such as grief, parenting strain, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and substance use.
Angela pays attention to how overlapping problems interact and affect daily life. People who do well with her approach tend to want clear ideas they can put into practice. Angela aims to make progress feel manageable and realistic, one step at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and problem solving. One approach centers on building coping skills for stress and anxiety through practical exercises and step-by-step practice. This helps people manage overwhelming feelings and regain daily routines.Another approach emphasizes relapse prevention and harm reduction when working on addictions. Sessions focus on identifying triggers, planning for high-risk moments, and developing realistic supports to reduce harm and improve functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist partners with each person to identify what methods feel most helpful based on goals, past experiences, and personal preferences. That collaborative search can be adjusted as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be easier on low-bandwidth days. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, mood tracking, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and try methods that fit daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English