About Angel
Angel Ouza is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, and major life changes. She brings 19 years of clinical experience to supportive, practical work aimed at improving day-to-day coping. Angel also offers coaching-style guidance for career concerns, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is flexible and driven by what each person needs. Sessions focus on practical tools, mindset shifts, and problem-solving alongside emotional processing.
Background and approach
She blends talk-based methods with brief assignments and coaching techniques to help clients practice new skills between meetings. Angel lists several therapy methods she uses, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. She adapts these approaches to address trauma, abuse, narcissistic abuse recovery, and transitions like divorce or career change.
Clients can expect a direct, warm style that balances listening with clear guidance. Angel is open about bringing humor, compassion, and honest feedback into the room when it helps move someone forward. She also mentions using experiential tools and occasional homework to reinforce progress.
She holds Michigan LMSW and California LCSW credentials and practices from California. Sessions are offered in English and are available in multiple online formats. Angel emphasizes collaboration and helps people find the steps that fit their life and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people focus on values and take committed action even when hard thoughts or feelings appear. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem by teaching practical skills to move toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with clear techniques and short exercises that reduce symptoms over time. This approach fits well for anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead and offers empathy and acceptance to support growth.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Angel works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust the approach as progress unfolds so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between meetings and get brief support or homework guidance. These options support flexibility and make it simpler to maintain consistent care while juggling work, family, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- California, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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