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Angela Williams

Angela Williams

LMHC · New York

Practical, compassionate counseling for everyday struggles

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  • Down-to-earth help
  • Values-focused work
  • Attachment-informed care

About Angela

Angela Williams is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, depression, and related concerns. Her tone is warm and nonjudgmental and she aims to make sessions straightforward and usable for daily life.

Angela draws on ten years of clinical experience and on her own life challenges. She speaks from personal experience with grief, divorce, parenting, anxiety, depression, and close family members who lived with mental health and addiction issues. That background informs how she listens and how she helps people set realistic goals.

Her work blends several therapy approaches so sessions can match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current difficulties. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy elements help clients notice values and take small, meaningful steps toward them.

Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Angela helps people build coping skills for things like sleep, eating, anger, and substance struggles. She also supports intimacy and relationship concerns, career stress, compassion fatigue, and the special issues that come up around adoption and foster care.

She offers guidance for people dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, neurodiversity, and personality-related challenges. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choosing actions that match personal values. It helps when life feels confusing or when people want clearer direction despite difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and helps people build safer ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angela will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust them as needed over time.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue work through life changes, manage caregiving or health-related limits, and practice new skills in everyday settings. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like CBT and ACT effectively for remote sessions, and Angela will help tailor the plan to what works best for each person.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

New York

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Angela address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, addictions, and many related topics including adoption and foster care.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Sessions are practical and collaborative, mixing cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, and client-centered listening to meet real-world goals.

How much experience does she have?

Angela has ten years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of concerns.

What credential and region does she practice in?

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Angela?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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