Works with
How Angela works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Angela
Angela Hastings is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth care for people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Her approach is warm and interactive, and she aims to be a mentor and coach during the work together.
She uses a client-centered style that lets people set the pace and goals for sessions. This means the first steps are listening and understanding what matters most to the person.
Background and approach
Angela draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when needed to address patterns of thinking and intense emotions. Many people reach out for help with stress, anger, addictions, body image, or eating and food-related issues. Angela also supports people coping with self-harm urges, panic attacks, compassion fatigue, and struggles with self-esteem or life purpose.
She pays particular attention to the role faith and relationships can play for some clients. Sessions tend to feel collaborative and practical. She offers coaching-style feedback, concrete coping skills, and short-term planning when useful.
Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are woven in to help find small, doable changes that add up. Angela works in English and practices in Michigan. She frames therapy as a joint effort, with the person in charge of goals and the clinician offering guidance and tools along the way.
What Angela works with
Everything Angela lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Angela's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Angela lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Angela blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT offers concrete exercises and homework that translate well to video or messaging formats and can help with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and anger. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for intense emotions and impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. Sessions are guided by what the individual finds most helpful, and treatment plans are revised together as progress and challenges emerge.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions require less data and can be easier during a busy day, live chat is useful for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while still using CBT and DBT skills in real life.
Questions people ask about Angela
What concerns does Angela commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, eating and body image concerns, trauma and abuse, and related areas.
What is Angela's general therapy style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and mentoring. She uses a client-centered approach and draws from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused ideas.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working in clinical social work settings in Michigan.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a licensed master social worker, LMSW, practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Angela?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.