About Angela
Angela Therrien is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts with 13 years of clinical experience. She brings a direct, straightforward style to sessions while remaining warm and respectful. Her approach asks clients to be active partners in the work, with clear communication and follow-through.
She currently offers video sessions only. Angela spent many years focused on addiction care, including support for people on medication for opioid use disorder and work in correctional settings.
Background and approach
That background shaped a practical, results-oriented way of working. She often blends problem-solving with attention to how past experiences affect present choices. In session she listens, paraphrases, and checks understanding so both people are on the same page.
She gives homework and concrete tools that may feel challenging but aim to build new habits and coping skills. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person with sensitivity and respect while encouraging accountability. Her clinical interests include stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and communication struggles, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
She also addresses blended family issues, codependency, commitment problems, domestic violence, and substance use challenges among other focus areas. Angela uses a mix of approaches and adapts the plan to each persons needs. If a concern falls outside her skill set she will discuss options and next steps.
She emphasizes that change takes time and that steady work produces the best results.
Approach and online care that fits your life
Angela regularly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and building practical coping skills. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for emotion regulation and crisis-coping techniques when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT adds concrete skills for handling intense feelings and improving relationships.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a persons goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time as progress is made or priorities change, and the therapist will discuss options when a different approach could help more.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well when visual connection and dialogue are helpful. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people fit support into a busy day and keep up momentum between longer sessions. These formats aim to make it easier to attend regularly and to use therapy tools where they matter most.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English