About Angela
Angela Tamayo is a licensed social worker based in Tennessee. She holds MD and LCSW-C credentials and brings five years of clinical experience to her work. She offers care in English and Spanish and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Angela centers her practice on evidence-based techniques. She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She also supports those navigating LGBT issues and multicultural concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and usable tools rather than jargon. In therapy she works collaboratively to identify patterns that cause pain. That can include attachment or abandonment worries, difficulty with communication, or struggles with body image and guilt.
She also addresses immigration-related stress, caregiver strain, and feelings of isolation. Angela adapts strategies to individual needs. She assists people dealing with impulsivity, control problems, or blended family dynamics.
She aims to teach coping skills that fit everyday routines and relationships. Her bilingual skill set helps bridge cultural and language gaps for Spanish speakers. People can expect straightforward conversation, practical homework when helpful, and a focus on steady progress.
The style is warm, respectful, and goal-oriented.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques adapted for remote work. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and daily routines to reduce anxiety and depression; this involves short exercises, tracking habits, and step-by-step practice. Another approach targets trauma and abuse through paced and structured interventions that help people process difficult memories and regain emotional control.Finding the right approach is part of the collaboration. Angela will talk with people about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit those priorities. Together they adjust pacing and techniques based on what is helpful in real life rather than on theory alone.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on steady, usable progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish