About Angela
Angela Mendiola is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks plain, direct language and aims to make the first steps toward support feel manageable. Her style is practical and compassionate, with an emphasis on clear goals and usable coping skills.
Angela grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and trained locally. She earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
Background and approach
Her background includes internships at a university counseling center and work supporting youth affected by deployment during a national internship program. Her approach centers on listening carefully and adapting to each person's background and culture. Sessions often begin by clarifying what matters most to the client.
From there she helps map small, realistic steps and skills that can be used between sessions. She draws on several evidence-informed methods, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and relationship-focused tools. Those methods are used to address anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction concerns, self-esteem, and life changes.
Angela also shares educational resources and short exercises that people can try at home. The aim is to build coping strategies, clearer communication, and more consistent routines. She frames therapy as a gradual practice rather than a single quick fix.
Over her career she has supported people facing significant loss, those working to strengthen relationships, and people who have struggled with suicidal thoughts. Her practice emphasizes respectful listening, cultural sensitivity, and step-by-step skill building.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. It helps people feel understood and clarifies what they want to change or improve. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and shift unhelpful patterns. The Gottman Method offers tools for improving communication and problem-solving in relationships, with clear skills to practice during and between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean combining listening-based support with targeted CBT exercises or relationship skills depending on what comes up.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, homework, or steady communication between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives while keeping focus on progress and practical skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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