About Angela
Angela Hicks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults and focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Angela draws on a range of approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs.
She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings since 2018.
Background and approach
That variety shaped her ability to meet people where they are and to adjust her methods as situations change. In sessions she emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. Angela helps people build practical skills for managing panic attacks, mood shifts, and overwhelming worry.
She also supports work on self-esteem, grief, and interpersonal boundaries. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive and behavioral tools. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used to help people notice unhelpful patterns and tell a clearer story about themselves.
Dialectical skills are offered when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are a focus. Clients can expect straightforward goals and concrete strategies alongside empathetic listening. Angela frames therapy as a collaborative process that respects cultural background.
She seeks to empower people to make changes that fit their everyday life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients make choices that fit their values and life. This approach is useful for people who need acceptance and clear, patient guidance.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep anxiety or low mood going. CBT is often used for panic, worry, and depression.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. It includes strategies for grounding, emotional regulation, and better communication, which can help in moments of high stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which methods to try. That choice is made together and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have a face-to-face conversation, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing written reflection. These options make it easier to match therapy to a routine and keep consistent momentum.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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