- Warm and interactive
- Goal focused
- Practical skills
About Angela
Angela Hastings is a Michigan-licensed social worker with 12 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, interactive approach and frames her role as a mentor and coach. Sessions move at each person’s pace and focus on goals the client sets. Angela aims to offer steady, nonjudgmental support while people work through hard moments.
She has helped people during crisis moments, with life transitions, and through long-term anxiety and depression. Her practice includes work around body image, self-harm, and eating concerns, and she also supports those dealing with grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Angela lists Client-Centered Therapy as a foundation of her work and draws on other practical methods as needed.
Her style is flexible and goal-focused. She uses ideas from solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior ideas, and motivational interviewing to help people practice new skills and try different choices. Sessions emphasize what matters most to the client and steps they can take between meetings.
People can expect direct, compassionate conversation and concrete suggestions when helpful. Angela tries to meet people where they are, including respecting personal faith and values when those topics come up. She describes counseling as a partnership where the client leads and she supports the journey.
If someone is feeling overwhelmed by change, stuck in patterns, or coping with loss or addictive behaviors, Angela offers steady guidance and practical strategies to move forward.
How Client-Centered and Skill-Based Work Translates Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions can still center the client’s goals, pace, and personal values while the therapist offers support and reflection. This approach helps when someone needs to recover from loss, cope with life changes, or work on self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and habits that cause distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress-tolerance skills, and building more stable relationships, which can help with impulsivity, anger, and intense moods.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process is meant to make therapy feel relevant and doable.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific online formats. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit care into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Discussing preferences during the first meetings helps decide the best way to work together.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Angela focus on?
She commonly supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and body image issues, relationships, parenting strain, trauma and addiction-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm, interactive, and mentoring in tone. Sessions follow the client’s lead and emphasize collaboration and practical next steps.
What kind of clinical experience does she have?
Angela has 12 years of clinical experience working in crisis intervention, life transitions, and long-term anxiety and depression.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is licensed as an LMSW in Michigan and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.