Angela Hernandez , LCSW

Angela Hernandez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of clinical experience who centers care on each person's goals and strengths. She practices with a person-centered orientation, collaborating with individuals to set meaningful objectives and tailor interventions that fit their life circumstances. Angela has provided individual, couples, family, and group therapy and brings experience working with people age 16 and older.

Her work addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, and many co-occurring challenges. She has also supported clients facing abandonment, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, communication and codependency struggles, and identity-related issues including LGBTQ matters and cultural considerations. Her experience includes work with veterans, BIPOC communities, people affected by domestic violence, those with dual diagnoses, personality and dissociative disorders, and stage-of-life transitions.

Angela draws on a variety of clinical methods to meet clients where they are. Her practice integrates elements from client-centered work, cognitive and trauma-focused approaches, dialectical behavior techniques, motivational interviewing, narrative and solution-focused strategies, family systems perspectives, experiential and art-based methods, and object relations ideas. She emphasizes that clients are experts in their own stories and seeks to create a supportive environment that helps individuals process the past, manage the present, and set realistic, healthy goals for the future.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Angela Hernandez

Angela uses client-centered therapy to place the individual and their values at the core of the work, helping people explore their goals and make choices that fit their lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another common approach she employs - it focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and developing practical strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities, offering concrete tools to cope with strong feelings and relationship stressors.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Angela works together with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and she adapts techniques over time so the work remains useful and relevant.

Online therapy with Angela can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into busy lives, maintain continuity across transitions, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable for the individual. Licensed professionals can use these remote formats to offer focused, ongoing support tailored to each client's circumstances.