Angela Hernandez
Supportive LCSW guiding practical change
LCSW Wisconsin
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Angela
Angela Hernandez is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, and relationship and intimacy challenges.
Background and approach
She emphasizes a person-centered way of working that centers the client's priorities and goals, collaborating to develop practical objectives that fit each individual's life. With 19 years of experience, she draws on a range of approaches to tailor care to different presenting concerns.
Her background includes work across many clinical areas and life stages, addressing grief, anger, self-esteem, LGBT-related issues, and complex presentations such as co-morbidity and chronic illness. Angela integrates evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and dialectical behavior therapy techniques to help clients build coping skills, reframe unhelpful patterns, and strengthen emotional regulation.
She sees clients from Wisconsin and accepts international clients, offering English-language sessions in multiple online formats. Clients can expect an empathetic, strengths-based stance that acknowledges past difficulties while focusing on present coping and future goals.
Angela uses collaborative assessment and tailored interventions, helping people set attainable steps toward improved functioning and wellbeing.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Angela blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy with elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address a range of concerns. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve coping with stress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and supporting the client's own goals to foster insight and self-directed change. DBT contributes skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially useful for anger, relationship, and mood-related difficulties.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist partners with each person to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the mix of techniques over time so treatment remains relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent care from Wisconsin or internationally, allow for skill practice between sessions, and support ongoing work toward goals even when in-person visits are not possible.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin, Utah
Languages
English