Angela Hernandez , LCSW

Angela Hernandez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and groups. She centers her work on the needs of each person, partnering with clients to set meaningful goals and tailor interventions that fit their life context. Working from a systemic perspective, she addresses a wide range of concerns including trauma exposure and PTSD, depression, mood instability, anxiety, and challenges related to LGBTQ+ and cultural experiences.

Her practice serves clients aged 16 and older and reflects experience with diverse populations, including veterans, people from BIPOC communities, those navigating domestic violence or dual diagnosis, and folks with personality or dissociative disorders. Angela’s specialty areas encompass stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, and depression, along with many related concerns such as attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and blended family dynamics.

Angela draws from a broad toolkit of interventions to meet each client where they are. Her methods include narrative therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma and eco mapping, experiential and art-based work, solution-focused strategies, motivational interviewing, family systems therapy, and object relations perspectives. She emphasizes the client as the expert in their own story and aims to create a supportive environment that helps people heal from the past, manage the present, and pursue healthier goals for the future.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Angela Hernandez integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals, helping people feel heard and supported as they explore personal strengths and choices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and building practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood instability.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques when emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance are priorities. DBT provides clear, skill-based strategies that can be especially helpful for intense emotions, relationship challenges, and recurring patterns of behavior. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process - Angela works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adjusting methods over time as needs change.

Online therapy with Angela is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and accessible for people with busy lives, mobility limits, or distance constraints. These options allow ongoing work on skills, reflective conversations, and practical problem solving in ways that fit daily routines and support sustained progress.