Therapist profile
Angela Gardner, LMSW
Michigan
LMSW focused on anger and life stress
Continue with AngelaKey details
- CredentialsLMSW
- LicenseLMSW, Michigan / 6801107809
- NPI1528942364
- Experience7 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMichigan
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Communication skills
About Angela
Angela Gardner is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with seven years of professional experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and anger.
Her practice emphasizes straightforward conversation about what is happening now. Sessions focus on naming feelings, noticing patterns, and trying practical steps that feel manageable. She aims to help people slow down reactivity and make clearer choices when anger or frustration builds.
Gardner draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She uses short, concrete exercises to practice new responses and to reduce rumination. Work may include learning calming skills, improving communication, and rehearsing different ways to respond to triggers.
She also supports people facing major life transitions, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and end-of-life concerns. Those topics often involve grief, role changes, and decision stress, so sessions balance emotion work with practical problem solving.
Sessions are conducted in English and intended for adults. Angela encourages people to try a first session to see how the approach fits. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Angela describes her approach as practical and grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. One common method focuses on learning calming skills and behavioral strategies to reduce reactivity; this involves short exercises and breathing or grounding practices that people can use when anger flares. Another technique emphasizes communication skills and role practice to change how someone responds in tense conversations; sessions may include rehearsing phrases and responses to try in real life. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angela will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques to try first based on current goals, the situations that trigger anger, and what feels doable. She checks in and adjusts strategies as progress is made. Confirm the available session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel, and use short check-ins when time is limited. It also allows practicing skills in the settings where they come up most, so lessons from sessions can be tested between meetings.Areas of focus
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, self esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and conversational with short exercises to try between meetings. The focus is on noticing patterns, learning calming skills, and practicing new responses to triggers.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional work experience as a clinician in Michigan.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and she is licensed in Michigan.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and what about formats?
To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Please confirm current session formats before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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