About Angelica
Angelica Curiel-Torres is a licensed clinical social worker in California with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, relationship tension, anger, self-esteem, career worries, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and offers sessions online for people in different places.
She approaches work from a belief that each person knows their own story best. She listens without judgment and helps people identify strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, not full of clinical jargon. Angelica draws on practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses client-centered and solution-focused methods to set clear, manageable steps.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing a change or feeling stuck. In sessions she helps people make sense of difficult moments and build tools that fit their life. That might mean shorter, focused problem-solving conversations or longer work on patterns that cause recurring stress.
She supports people through transitions and the emotional fallout of big changes. Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Angelica guides people through small, achievable goals and adjusts methods to what feels most useful.
She encourages questions about pace and approach so the work stays relevant and doable.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what matters most, and helps people identify strengths they can use to move forward. This approach is useful when someone needs space to make sense of feelings or decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Angelica uses CBT tools to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral changes. This can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and recurring worries.
Motivational interviewing helps when a person feels stuck about change. The therapist asks open questions, reflects concerns, and supports the client's own reasons for change rather than pushing advice. It works well for decisions about work, relationships, or lifestyle shifts.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Angelica will collaborate with each person to see which approaches fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts plans over time and checks in about what is and isn't helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, step-by-step homework, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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