About Angela
Angela Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker who has been practicing as an LCSW since 2018. She brings nine years of clinical experience in therapy and a broader two-decade background in mental health settings. Angela aims to make difficult steps feel manageable for people who are overwhelmed or uncertain about next steps.
She uses a flexible, down-to-earth style in sessions. Angela listens first and adapts her methods to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She values a sense of humor when it fits and keeps conversations practical and direct. Her work addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, and self-esteem concerns. Angela also helps people with relationship and family issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Additional focus areas include body image, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and life purpose. Angela draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She tailors these approaches to what each person needs, rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Clients can expect straightforward conversations that identify small, achievable steps. Angela’s background includes clinical work in varied settings and teaching at the university level, which she says informs her practical, encouraging style.
Practical approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows a person’s lead, offers empathy, and helps identify what matters most to them. This approach is useful when someone needs understanding and support to sort through emotions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It breaks problems into manageable pieces and teaches concrete skills for changing unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people recognize and name underlying emotions and how those feelings affect relationships. It can be useful for improving communication and addressing attachment-related concerns.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can shift over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and use visual tools, while phone calls can fit a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around life commitments and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English