Angela Hernandez, LCSW

Angela Hernandez, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), centers her practice on each person she meets, partnering with them to identify goals and the steps needed to reach them. She emphasizes a person-centered, systemic approach that honors the client as the expert in their own life while offering clinical guidance and evidence-informed interventions.

With 14 years of experience providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy, Angela works with people age 16 and older facing a range of life stressors and adjustments. Her clinical focus includes trauma exposure and PTSD, depression and mood fluctuations, anxiety, LGBTQ+ specific experiences, and culturally informed concerns. She also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, bipolar conditions, anger and self-esteem struggles, and a broad set of co-occurring and personality-related challenges.

Angela has experience supporting diverse populations including people from varied religious backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, veterans, BIPOC clients, those navigating domestic violence, dual diagnosis or substance concerns, and individuals with personality or dissociative disorders. Her practice draws from multiple intervention styles such as narrative therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma and eco mapping, experiential and art therapy, solution-focused work, motivational interviewing, family systems therapy, and object relations perspectives. She aims to create a supportive environment that helps clients heal from the past, navigate the present, and set realistic goals for the future.

Approaches and Online Care with Client-Centered and Skills-Based Therapy

Angela Hernandez integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to support people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and relationship challenges. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a trusting, collaborative relationship so goals emerge from the client’s own values and strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be especially helpful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) strategies to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when clients struggle with intense emotions or relationship patterns. Choosing the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process - Angela Hernandez works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, try techniques, and refine the plan so it fits the client’s goals and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make scheduling easier and allow consistent work across busy or changing lives. These options support ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and access to licensed professionals from different locations, helping clients maintain momentum toward their goals.