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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Mindfulness and ACT
About Angela
Angela Gardner is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) licensed in North Carolina with nine years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, relationships, grief, mood disorders, and related life changes. Angela works with adults who are coping with parenting strain, family conflict, identity concerns, or mood and anxiety challenges.
Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions center on what feels most pressing at home and in daily life. She uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.
Angela often helps people break large problems into smaller steps. She supports people in spotting unhelpful thoughts, practicing mindful skills, and clarifying values that matter in relationships and parenting. She also addresses issues tied to adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and autism-related concerns when adults bring those topics to sessions.
Her work includes supporting people coping with trauma, grief, anger, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and feelings of isolation or shame. She draws on motivational interviewing techniques at times to help people find reasons to try new behaviors and stick with them.
Sessions proceed at a steady, unhurried pace. Angela asks practical questions, reflects what she hears, and helps set small, achievable steps between meetings. Prospective clients who want to learn how therapy might fit into everyday family life can follow the site prompts to begin the matching and scheduling process.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values instead of getting stuck in unhelpful thinking. It can be useful for parenting stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and reflecting so the person can explore feelings and make decisions at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process means methods can be mixed or shifted as needed over time.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, because the biography did not specify formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around busy family schedules, shorten a check-in when time is tight, or allow someone to meet without traveling to an office. These practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life while the therapist and client focus on concrete steps for change.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with related to family life?
She works with adults on family problems, parenting strain, communication problems, and adoption or foster care related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are conversational and practical, using client-centered listening with techniques from CBT, ACT, EFT, and mindfulness to address specific problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience as an LCSW practicing in North Carolina and works with a range of mood and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing from?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and offers services linked to that licensure.
Can English speakers from other countries work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking since the original biography did not specify formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.