Angela Hernandez , LCSW

Angela Hernandez, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), centers her practice on each person’s priorities and goals, working collaboratively to create objectives that reflect their values and needs. She offers person-centered care across individual, couple, family, and group formats, drawing on a systemic perspective to address life stressors, adjustments after trauma exposure or PTSD, mood fluctuations, depression, anxiety, and culturally specific experiences including LGBTQ+ concerns.

Her practice serves clients aged 16 and above and includes work with diverse populations such as various religious communities, Veterans, BIPOC individuals, survivors of domestic violence, and people managing dual diagnosis, AODA, personality disorders, or dissociative disorders. Angela emphasizes that clients are the experts in their own stories and aims to build on existing strengths to help them navigate the past, manage the present, and set healthy goals for the future.

Therapeutic interventions draw from multiple approaches tailored to the client’s needs, including narrative therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma and eco mapping, experiential and art therapy, solution-focused methods, motivational interviewing, family systems therapy, and object relations theory. Her work seeks to create a supportive environment where practical strategies and exploratory work combine to support healing and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Angela Hernandez uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative relationship in which the client’s perspective guides the work - this approach focuses on empathy, validation, and supporting a person’s self-directed growth, and is helpful for self-esteem, identity, relationship, and adjustment concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which identifies patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood instability. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, and can be particularly useful for managing intense emotions, anger, and relationship challenges.

Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Angela works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may blend techniques over time to match changing priorities. Online sessions via video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy more accessible by offering scheduling flexibility and multiple ways to communicate with licensed professionals, allowing clients to engage in a format that suits their life and needs.