About Angela
Angela Dockins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, and related concerns. Angela meets clients where they are and helps them move toward the changes they want.
Her approach is calm and down-to-earth. She uses straightforward strategies from therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help manage thoughts and strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR techniques when trauma memories are a central issue. Sessions aim to break big problems into smaller steps. Angela works alongside clients to identify the most troublesome areas and create realistic, achievable goals.
The focus is on skills people can use between sessions to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. She often helps people who are coping with grief, relationship strain, addiction concerns, sleep trouble, or feelings of emptiness and shame. Angela also supports people navigating identity questions, caregiver stress, and the fallout from domestic violence or other abusive experiences.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Angela emphasizes empathy, nonjudgment, and practical problem-solving. If someone is looking for someone to listen and then help plan clear next steps, she offers that steady, supportive approach.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that line up with what matters most. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching ways to live with difficult thoughts while moving toward meaningful goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical tools to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing daily stress.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used when distressing memories from past events keep coming back. It helps reduce the emotional intensity of those memories so people can think about them without getting overwhelmed.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean starting with skills from CBT, adding ACT exercises, or using EMDR when trauma memories are central.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual connection matters. Phone sessions or live chat can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins and skill practice between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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