About Angela
Angela Simbro is a licensed social worker practicing in Missouri. She holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and brings six years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, trauma and related concerns, and aims to meet people where they are in their lives.
Her work begins by listening and establishing safety. Sessions emphasize practical steps and clear plans rather than abstract theory. Angela uses talking, evidence-informed strategies, and body-focused techniques to help people manage overwhelming feelings and day-to-day problems.
Background and approach
Angela blends several approaches to fit each person's situation. She commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to help people clarify values and take meaningful action, while mindfulness practices support grounding and emotional regulation.
Her background includes clinical work with trauma and with people facing life transitions, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care issues, and chronic illness challenges. She also supports concerns such as ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are shaped around each individual's goals and strengths.
Angela emphasizes practical skills, psychoeducation, and collaborative planning so people leave sessions with doable steps. She communicates with respect and aims for a calm, steady presence during difficult conversations.
How Angela’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify their values and take small steps that match those values even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, life changes, and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thought and behavior that fuel distress and replacing them with more helpful options. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, and anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help people settle into the present moment. This supports emotion regulation and coping with stress.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Angela will work with clients to see what fits their goals and comfort level, and then adapt tools and pacing as needed. She typically combines methods so sessions stay practical and goal-oriented, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, and on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping focus on real, usable techniques.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas
- Languages
- English
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