About Angela
Angela Sheffler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with eight years of experience in mental health. She has worked in settings such as residential programs, inpatient units, in-home services, and schools. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to walk alongside people rather than tell them what to do.
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing big life changes, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy questions, and career stress.
Background and approach
LGBTQ concerns, ADHD, and issues related to autism or intellectual disability are among her recent focus areas. Angela uses practical skills in sessions. She teaches mindfulness exercises and calming strategies.
She also works on communication skills and confidence building so people can try new ways of coping outside session. Her style is caring and validating. She emphasizes meeting people where they are and working at a pace that feels manageable.
Progress is described as steady work rather than quick fixes, and she encourages practicing skills between meetings. Messages are checked regularly during the week; she does not respond to messages from Friday 4 pm until Monday morning. For those seeking care in English in Missouri, she provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. It helps people understand patterns in relationships and learn new ways to feel safe and close with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, history, and day-to-day challenges and then try methods that fit. Clients and the therapist check in about what helps and adjust the plan as needed, making the process collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules or travel make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or check in quickly without waiting for a full session. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still practicing skills and getting support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English