Angela Bode, LCSW, CSW

Therapist in Florida

Compassionate, practical support for life's hard moments

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3 years of experience listed

LCSW, CSW professional credentials

English languages

Client-centered approach
Skills for daily coping
Focus on relationships

About Angela

Angela Bode is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with three years of clinical experience. She aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and struggles with self esteem. Angela uses straightforward language and practical steps so people feel understood from the first session.

She brings experience from a range of settings, including inpatient psychiatric care, shelters for domestic violence survivors, and community mental health work. That background informs how she responds to trauma, substance use concerns, grief, and complicated family dynamics.

Angela favors a client-centered style. She listens first, then helps people choose goals and the pace of work. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and she teaches simple mindfulness and emotion-regulation skills to reduce overwhelm.

Sessions also draw on narrative and solution-focused ideas to clarify values and practical next steps. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change. Together these approaches aim to build coping skills and clearer choices, not quick fixes.

Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, and aftermaths of infidelity or domestic violence. Angela frames therapy as a supportive, collaborative process for people ready to take the next step.

To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s Start Therapy flow to answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How Angela's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects what she hears, and helps set goals that feel right for the person. It is useful for people who want support without a fixed agenda.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together. Angela uses CBT to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to try small, practical changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce emotional reactivity. These practices can help with stress, grief, and managing impulses in everyday moments.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Angela treats that decision as a collaboration and will adapt methods based on the client's goals, preferences, and how they respond over time. She aims to build skills that clients can use between sessions.

Because the site’s session formats are not specified in her biography, confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when helpful, and remove commute time so therapy fits daily routines more easily. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same goal-focused work they do in person, with attention on practical skills and clear steps to move forward.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependency Communication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgiveness Guilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / loneliness JealousyVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Credentials

Florida, Colorado

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Angela commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, self esteem, addictions, grief, parenting strain, anger, bipolar symptoms, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set goals and uses practical tools like CBT and mindfulness to make changes.

What kinds of settings has she worked in?

Her background includes inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, domestic violence shelters, and community mental health agencies, which informs her approach to trauma and crisis-related work.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Florida.

Which languages are used in sessions and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered at the time you schedule.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.