Angelique (Gigi) Tsontos, LCSW, LSCSW

Angelique (Gigi) Tsontos is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She practices in Kansas and helps people facing relationship strain, career shifts, and major life changes. Gigi focuses on practical steps and clear goals so people can make steady progress.

She often helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, addictions, and compassion fatigue. She works with concerns that touch identity and sexuality, including LGBT issues, women's issues, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse. Gigi also supports people navigating adoption and foster care, attachment challenges, and struggles at work.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-oriented while honoring each person’s story. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered work, motivational interviewing, narrative techniques, and solution-focused tactics as tools in the process.

In the therapy room Gigi pays attention to communication patterns and attachment dynamics. She helps people build practical skills for healthier relationships, manage emotions like anger and shame, and find clearer direction around life purpose and midlife transitions. She also addresses domestic violence impacts and trauma-focused needs with care.

Clients meet a clinician who emphasizes steady, achievable change over quick fixes. Gigi encourages honest talk about fears and hopes, then helps translate that talk into steps that fit everyday life.

How tailored approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting people where they are, creating space to talk through worries and decisions. It helps when someone needs acceptance and reflection more than direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression; it uses specific exercises and practice to build new habits and coping skills. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, goal-focused method that helps people find internal motivation for change and resolve ambivalence about steps like recovery or career shifts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with this clinician offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging can fit into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to maintain consistent work on goals and to fit therapy into everyday life.