Angela Hastings, LMSW

Angela Hastings is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan with 12 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, interactive style and a practical focus to sessions. Angela describes her role as a coach and mentor who works alongside people as they face hard moments.

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people dealing with eating and food-related issues, body image concerns, self-harm, and addictions. Relationship and career stresses, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue are also areas she addresses.

Angela uses a client-centered approach so people set goals and the pace of sessions. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused ideas to build concrete coping skills. Sessions typically mix practical tools with reflective conversation.

Her style is described as warm and interactive, focusing on unconditional compassion and respect for each person's values. She aims to meet people where they are, including differences in faith and belief, and to support their preferences when planning steps forward.

Angela has experience with crisis intervention and helping people through transitions. She emphasizes small, achievable changes and collaborative problem solving. Reaching out for help is framed as a strong step, and she offers steady support through the process.

Practical approaches for online support

Angela frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try practical experiments that change feelings and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many day-to-day stressors.

She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize each person's goals and rhythm. That means sessions focus on what matters to the person and adjust pace, topics, and techniques based on their feedback.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills are part of her toolkit for emotion regulation and crisis coping. DBT-style exercises can help with impulsivity, intense emotions, and building steady routines.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Angela will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She frames therapy as a team effort where techniques are tested and adjusted over time.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are good for short check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep consistent progress.