Angela Gardner
Compassionate, practical support for life changes
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Angela
Angela Gardner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nine years of clinical experience. She brings a grounded, client-focused approach to addressing concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship issues, parenting and family dynamics, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Angela also works with issues related to ADHD, compassion fatigue, LGBT concerns, and a wide range of additional focuses including adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Her therapeutic style emphasizes collaboration and emotional attunement, offering a nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore difficult feelings and life changes at their own pace.
Angela integrates evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), client-centered techniques, and mindfulness practices to tailor support to each person’s goals. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions from North Carolina in English.
Those who choose to work with Angela can expect a calm, empathetic presence focused on building trust and practical skills for coping and growth.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Angela draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify unhelpful thinking and build actionable habits. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and practicing alternative responses to reduce distress and improve daily functioning, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and mood symptoms. ACT emphasizes values-driven action and acceptance of difficult internal experiences, supporting clients facing life changes, grief, or chronic stress by increasing psychological flexibility.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Angela takes a collaborative stance, listening to each person’s concerns, goals, and preferences, then adapting techniques from these approaches to suit the individual. This collaborative process helps decide whether more skills-based CBT strategies or values-focused ACT work best at any stage of therapy.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different rhythms of life and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain consistency with appointments, access care from North Carolina or abroad, and choose the format that best supports conversational depth, skills practice, or brief check-ins.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English