About Angela
Dr. Angela Roberts is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, and mood challenges in everyday life.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making each session feel practical and doable for a busy adult. She uses approaches that emphasize the person's voice and goals. Sessions often include goal-setting, skills practice, and gentle reflection to address depression, grief, and trauma.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how guilt, shame, and forgiveness shape recovery and coping. Many clients bring work-related strain and compassion fatigue concerns, and she has a particular interest in first responder issues. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, career transitions, and the ups and downs of bipolar and other mood disorders.
The aim is to help people find manageable steps forward rather than overwhelm them with technical language. Dr. Roberts blends methods from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Those tools are selected to fit the person in front of her and the goals they name. She emphasizes practical strategies that can be tried between sessions. Based in Virginia, she offers a calm, affirming presence and a focus on resilience.
New steps toward change are often small, and she helps people build on those small moves toward clearer thinking and steadier days.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy places the person and their priorities at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps shape goals that feel useful and realistic. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and then practicing practical skills to change thinking and behavior. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Dr. Roberts will work with each person to weigh options, try methods in session, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find strategies that fit daily life and personal preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different needs. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skills coaching, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapeutic work into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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