Angelo Fouras, LCSW

Angelo Fouras is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. He works from New Jersey and draws on a range of counseling styles to meet each person's needs. Sessions are straightforward and respectful, with an emphasis on practical steps and steady support.

He believes therapy should be a cooperative effort. Angelo listens closely, sets goals with each person, and moves at a pace that feels right. He brings patience and clear feedback to conversations about coping, communication, and change.

Angelo uses cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and mindfulness-based approaches to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different responses. He also draws on elements from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work when needed to address emotion regulation and relationship patterns.

His background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University. Angelo has provided care in schools, community settings, outpatient clinics, group homes, and through home visits. That range of settings informs a flexible, practical style in session.

People come to Angelo for many reasons, including addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, ADHD, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and life transitions like separation or caregiving challenges. He aims to empower people to make sustainable changes and to improve daily functioning and wellbeing.

Throughout work together he focuses on clear communication, respect, and helping people build skills they can use after sessions end. Angelo welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into someone's life and goals.

How Angelo applies therapy approaches online

Angelo frequently uses cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered work in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person's own goals, which helps when someone needs a calm, steady space to process difficult feelings.

He also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and coping skills are needed. DBT-based skills teach concrete ways to tolerate distress, manage strong emotions, and improve interpersonal effectiveness for relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Angelo will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on how things are going.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can fit a tight schedule or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, homework review, or ongoing support between longer sessions.