Angelica Curiel-Torres, LCSW

Angelica Curiel-Torres is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with eight years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, anger, and major life transitions. As an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she combines practical tools with a strengths-based perspective to help clients build resilience and address concerns related to self-esteem, career pressures, and compassion fatigue.

She believes that each person is the expert of their own story and that existing strengths can be mobilized to face what feels overwhelming. Angelica takes a collaborative, respectful stance that centers the client while offering evidence-informed techniques when they are helpful. She recognizes that beginning therapy takes courage and affirms that first step as part of the healing process.

Angelica provides services in both English and Spanish and accepts international clients. Her practice draws on a range of clinical approaches - including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy - tailored to each client’s goals and needs.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Angelica commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply, validating the client’s experience, and helping people explore their own priorities so they can make meaningful changes. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and learning practical skills to manage symptoms of anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when clients are weighing change or feeling unsure about next steps; this approach emphasizes gentle, strengths-focused conversations to increase motivation and clarify personal goals. Choosing the right method is part of the therapeutic process - Angelica works collaboratively with each person to determine which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts methods as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Angelica can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, provide flexibility in how people communicate, and increase accessibility for clients who are remote or have scheduling constraints. Licensed professionals can tailor session format and pace to match each client’s circumstances.