About Angela
Angela Hicks is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced in Texas for seven years. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and offers straightforward, practical support for adults. Her work focuses on helping people move through stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, relationship struggles, and depression.
She has experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has worked with a range of adult clients since 2018.
Background and approach
That background means she is used to steady, structured care and short-term crisis work when it’s needed. Sessions tend to focus on useful tools you can try between meetings. Angela uses approaches that meet people where they are.
She draws on client-centered methods to follow a person’s priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness and narrative work help people notice patterns and reframe difficult stories about themselves.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She aims to build a calm space for honest conversation and practical planning. Typical goals include reducing panic or constant worry, improving communication, managing grief, and building more self-compassion.
People who want clear steps and steady support tend to do well with her. Angela helps clients set manageable goals, practice new skills, and track progress over time. She encourages small changes that add up to better day-to-day coping.
How Angela Uses Talk, Skills, and Mindful Practice Online
Angela often combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies. Client-centered work means the conversation follows the client’s priorities and goals, with the therapist listening closely and helping people name what matters most. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on spotting thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and then testing small changes to reduce anxiety or low mood.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills when feelings feel overwhelming. Those DBT-informed tools are useful for managing panic, strong anger, or intense mood shifts and can be practiced between sessions to build steadier coping.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust plans as needed. This collaborative process helps identify what works best for each person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, chat can be a short check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to practice new skills consistently.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English