- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Montana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Angela
Angela Carroll is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Montana. She brings three years of experience and a direct, encouraging style to sessions. Angela focuses on practical steps parents and adults can use to manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and life transitions.
Her approach is warm and interactive. She listens first to understand a person’s priorities, then uses straightforward tools to address them. Sessions often include skill-building, short exercises, and take-home options like worksheets or reading to reinforce progress.
Background and approach
Angela blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior ideas. She also draws on emotionally focused principles and the Gottman Method when relationship work is helpful. These methods are applied in simple, concrete ways so people can try new skills between meetings.
She offers phone and video sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions are matched to each person’s needs and pace so change can feel manageable. People who reach out can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space and collaborative planning.
Angela aims to help people build useful habits, improve communication, and find clearer ways to cope with parenting demands and other stresses. Background and approach: Angela served eight years on active duty in the U.S. Navy before moving into clinical practice.
That experience shaped her steady, practical style. She uses homework options like apps, journaling, creative activities, and workbooks when they fit a person’s life. Treatment plans are individualized and adjusted over time to match goals and progress.
What Angela works with
Everything Angela lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Angela helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Angela lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people can set their own goals and feel heard; online sessions follow that same pattern with a focus on the person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; this works well over video or phone when practicing new ways of thinking and planning small behavior changes. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can be taught in short exercises and practiced between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time if something isn’t working, and homework options are chosen to fit daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues for relationship or skills work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging provide brief, on-the-go options for updates or coping strategies. Together these formats make it easier to keep regular contact and try approaches in real life.
Questions people ask about Angela
What concerns does Angela work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns. Additional focuses include blended family issues, caregiver stress, addiction concerns, trauma and family-of-origin problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is interactive, validating, empathetic, and warm. Sessions mix conversation with practical exercises and optional homework to practice new skills between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of clinical experience and served eight years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, which informs a steady, practical approach to care.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Montana licensed clinical social worker, listed as LCSW, and provides services while located in Montana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on therapist availability.
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