Angela Sheffler, LCSW

Angela Sheffler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri. She brings eight years of experience in mental health and helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and trauma. Angela is approachable and down-to-earth in sessions, and she aims to walk alongside clients rather than direct them. She has worked in settings such as residential care, acute inpatient units, in-home services, and schools. That background gives her experience with intellectual disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and people coping after traumatic events. LGBTQ concerns and related identity work have been a significant focus over the past three years. Angela uses practical skills in sessions. She shares calming practices, communication tools, and ways to build self-confidence. She encourages practicing new skills between sessions and focuses on gradual progress rather than quick fixes. Her style is caring and validating. Sessions tend to be supportive and collaborative, with attention to attachment patterns and how relationships shape feelings. She helps people make sense of their responses and try new ways of coping. Messaging is monitored during the week and Angela responds as quickly as she can. She does not answer messages from Friday at 4 pm until Monday morning so she can spend time with family. For people seeking routine check-ins and skill work, her approach offers steady support and clear strategies.

How Angela brings therapy online with evidence-based approaches

Angela commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday problems. Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her work and focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and closeness, which can help with intimacy, abandonment worries, and family patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Angela collaborates with clients to match goals and preferences to methods, and she adjusts tools over time as needs change. She emphasizes practicing skills between sessions so progress feels tangible and steady.

Online therapy with her includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face interaction and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat can provide brief support, written coaching, or reminders about skills between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while keeping a regular rhythm of care.