About Angela
Angela DaSilva is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate strong emotions. She focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, and parenting-related strain. Angela keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented so people leave with usable skills they can try between meetings.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person’s needs. In sessions she helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior, practice coping skills, and build routines that support daily functioning.
Background and approach
She explains tools in simple terms and checks in about how they work in real life. Angela draws on fifteen years working with diverse concerns to shape treatment plans that fit individual circumstances. That background informs how she approaches addictive behaviors, mood shifts, and intense stress.
She aims to help people reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping rather than offer quick fixes. Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental. Angela works with clients to set clear goals and choose strategies that feel manageable.
Progress is reviewed regularly so plans can be adjusted when life circumstances change. Sessions are practical and focused on skills you can use right away. Angela emphasizes steady, realistic steps toward better emotional balance and stronger daily habits.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and behavior change. One common approach involves helping people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against reality, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by changing thinking patterns. Another approach centers on building practical coping skills - such as breathing, activity scheduling, and relapse-prevention strategies - to manage stress, cravings, and strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Angela works with each person to match techniques to their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Together they try methods, review what helps, and adjust the plan when needed so therapy fits real circumstances.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter updates, homework check-ins, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Depression
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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