AA Portrait of Angela Allen

Angela Allen, LCSW, LICSW

Calm, practical support for everyday struggles

6 years in practice · based in Mississippi · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Angela

Angela Allen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with six years of practice. She works from Mississippi and focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship challenges. She aims to create a welcoming space where people can talk about hard feelings.

Sessions are meant to be practical and down-to-earth. Angela listens closely and helps clients notice what they want to change and what they already do well.

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Background and approach

Her work often centers on everyday issues like feeling isolated, managing caregiver strain, or coping with chronic illness and pain. She also supports people facing divorce or separation, wrestling with guilt or shame, and those wanting to build self-love and healthier attachments.

Angela uses evidence-informed methods such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and emotional regulation. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. Sessions aim to break concerns into manageable steps.

Angela helps clients set clear, realistic goals and practices new skills between meetings. The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs, making therapy more approachable for people balancing busy lives.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Angela often blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in sessions. Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a trusting connection so people can speak openly. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns.

She also uses aspects of dialectical behavior therapy when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT-based skills help with managing intense emotions, staying present, and improving how people respond in stressful moments. Together these approaches give both understanding and hands-on skills to tackle anxiety and related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and everyday life. Goals and techniques are revisited as progress is made so the plan stays useful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suits short check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep steady momentum between sessions.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression, plus related issues like attachment and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and listening-focused. She combines client-centered conversations with skill teaching to help people manage emotions and change habits.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker working with emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds MS LCSW and WA LICSW credentials and practices from Mississippi.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
6 years
Licensed
Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, Montana, Washington
Languages
English

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