About Angela
Angela Schardein welcomes people who are facing tough life moments and unsure where to begin. She keeps sessions simple and direct so parents and individuals can talk through trauma, grief, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, and big life changes. Angela is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Kentucky with 22 years of professional experience.
She creates a calm space for people to name what’s hard and to figure out concrete next steps.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on real problems and small, doable changes. Angela listens for patterns that get in the way and helps people try new ways of coping. Her background includes long-term work with trauma and abuse, and supporting those handling grief and loss.
She also has experience with adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric issues, and intellectual disability. This breadth helps when problems cross over or feel complicated. Angela offers support around caregiver stress, communication struggles, control issues, and feelings of isolation.
She also works with concerns tied to domestic violence, guilt and shame, and end-of-life planning in hospice settings. Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress while building practical skills for day-to-day life. People can expect straightforward talk, steady listening, and a focus on steps that fit their life.
The therapist pairs experience with a practical approach so clients can move forward at a pace that feels right.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills and clear goals. One common approach focuses on skills-building to manage strong emotions and daily stress - it teaches ways to notice reactions and try different coping strategies. Another approach centers on processing trauma and loss through steady, paced conversation that helps people put words to painful experiences and reduce their hold on day-to-day life.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed based on progress and comfort level.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into busy schedules. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and texting allows ongoing brief support between sessions. These options help people get consistent help without rearranging their whole day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English