Angela Gardner
Compassionate LCSW offering practical, tailored strategies
LCSW Texas
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Angela
Angela Gardner is an LCSW practicing in Texas with nine years of post-licensure experience. She draws on a long history in mental health work, including roles in hospital and jail settings, helping people navigate addiction, trauma recovery, acute mental health challenges, and life rebuilding.
Background and approach
Her background also includes teaching at the university level, which informs a collaborative and encouraging approach to care. Angela blends compassion and a sense of humor with practical, evidence-informed methods.
She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and solution-focused techniques, and she tailors interventions to each person's needs rather than relying on a single method.
Areas she supports include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, sleep problems, parenting difficulties, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and additional focuses such as blended family issues, codependency, body image, and substance-related concerns. She is comfortable working with clients from varied backgrounds and belief systems and accepts international clients.
Angela presents therapy as a partnership aimed at practical change, inviting people to take the first step toward addressing what feels challenging and offering steady support through the process.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Angela commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is often practical for addressing anxiety, depression, sleeping difficulties, and substance use concerns. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaborating with clients to clarify values and goals and to build self-understanding. When needed she incorporates Solution-Focused techniques to help clients set concrete goals and notice small, actionable steps toward change.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then adapts methods over time rather than sticking rigidly to a single formula.
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 maintain continuity of care across locations and to access support in ways that fit daily life, while still allowing for meaningful therapeutic work guided by licensed professionals.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
What is the therapist's general approach and style?
How much professional experience does the therapist have?
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
In what languages and with which international clients does she work?
Which session formats are available for online work?
How are sessions billed or paid for?
What are the first steps to begin therapy with this clinician?
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English