About Angela
Angela Grimes is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 19 years of experience. She focuses on practical steps to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and boost self-esteem. Angela emphasizes simple, direct support for everyday struggles like sleep problems, low motivation, grief, and coping with life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes.
Background and approach
She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals and build on what already works. Sessions tend to be collaborative and action-focused. Angela listens for patterns that get in the way and then suggests exercises and experiments to test new strategies.
She explains ideas in plain language and works at a pace that fits each person’s life. Her background includes nearly two decades of work across common mental health challenges such as depression, addictions, anger, and bipolar mood concerns. She also supports people dealing with family problems, communication difficulties, caregiver stress, and aging-related issues.
People who contact Angela can expect a calm, nonjudgmental interaction and a focus on practical tools. She offers several online formats so therapy can fit into busy schedules. The aim is to help people make small changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Angela uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and focused, and it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and motivation by breaking problems into small, doable steps.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zoom in on strengths and quick changes. That method focuses on clear goals, concrete next steps, and what is already working in a person’s life rather than dwelling on past problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend ways to proceed. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and feedback come in.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, live chat and messaging work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options aim to help people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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