Angela Sheffler , LCSW

Angela Sheffler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with eight years of experience in the mental health field. She has supported children, teens, adults, and families through anxiety, major life transitions, depression, and histories of trauma or abuse, and has substantial experience working with intellectual disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Over recent years she has also focused on serving LGBTQ clients and people navigating relationship, parenting, career, and self-esteem challenges.

Her approach is warm, down-to-earth, and validating, emphasizing collaboration and respect for each person’s expertise about their own life. Sheffler uses a holistic perspective that blends practical skills training with mindfulness and emotion-focused strategies to help clients build confidence and steady coping tools. She encourages gradual practice of new skills and recognizes that healing from trauma and other deep challenges takes time.

Angela aims to walk alongside clients rather than direct them, meeting people where they are and tailoring care to their goals and preferences. She regularly shares calming practices, communication techniques, and other skills clients can use between sessions. Sheffler typically checks and responds to messages during the week and does not respond to messages from Friday at 4 pm until Monday morning so she can spend time with family.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Angela Sheffler draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide online work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure connections and healthier coping in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience, offering empathy and acceptance so clients can identify their own goals and move toward them at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, teaching practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Angela works collaboratively with each person to determine which combination of methods best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy lives and to connect from wherever a client is located within the therapist’s service area. These options support consistent access to therapists and allow work on skills, communication, and coping strategies in a way that suits each person’s routine and comfort level.