Angela Schumacher , LICSW, LCSW

Angela Schumacher is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of professional experience, licensed in both West Virginia and Alaska. She holds the credentials LICSW and LCSW, which indicate advanced clinical licensure as a social worker and reflect specialized training in assessment and treatment. Angela works with people facing LGBTQ+ related concerns, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and difficulties with anger, helping them build practical skills and emotional insight.

Her practice also addresses abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, panic symptoms, post-traumatic stress, and women’s issues. She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly and safely, collaborating with each person to identify goals and steps toward a more satisfying life. Taking the first step toward change often requires courage, and Angela offers steady, informed support throughout that process.

Based in West Virginia, she blends evidence-based techniques with an empathetic stance to tailor care to each individual’s needs and preferences, guiding people toward clearer communication, greater emotional regulation, and more resilient relationships.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Angela draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to help people explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust, working to rebuild secure ways of relating that can reduce fear of abandonment and improve intimacy. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the person’s own goals and perspective guide the work and personal strengths are emphasized. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another central approach, focused on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical skills to manage mood, panic symptoms, and trauma-related responses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process rather than a one-time decision. Angela collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Angela is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility and easier access to care. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity when schedules change, and work through issues from a familiar setting while still receiving guidance from a licensed professional.