Angela Dockins is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with 16 years of clinical experience.
01About Angela
Angela Dockins is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by strong emotions, painful memories, or life changes. Her approach centers on meeting clients where they are and moving toward practical change at a comfortable pace.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Sessions aim to make difficult topics feel manageable. She listens closely and then helps set small, realistic steps to reach clearer goals.
Background and approach
Angela often works with people recovering from trauma, including abandonment, neglect, and various forms of abuse. She also helps with anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy challenges, and caregiver stress. She pays attention to patterns like attachment issues, impulsivity, isolation, and guilt that can keep people stuck.
In sessions she uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to change unhelpful thinking and build emotion regulation skills. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and on EMDR techniques for processing disturbing memories when appropriate. Therapy with her is collaborative.
Together clients identify the most pressing problems, break them into small steps, and track progress. Angela explains options plainly and adjusts the plan to fit each person’s life and goals.
02Credentials
- LPC (Missouri)
- License 2011006413 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1871872218 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Angela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Methods Angela names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Angela names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Angela uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT often includes short exercises and homework that people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy to teach practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and reducing impulsive behavior. DBT tools are useful for people who need step-by-step skill practice and safety-focused coping strategies.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Angela will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that seem like the best fit. Together they adjust techniques over time if something isn’t working or if needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls suit longer work on emotions and skills, phone sessions can fit a busy day, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily life while keeping the focus on progress and clarity.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, bipolar symptoms, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style?
Her style is empathetic and nonjudgmental. She focuses on clear, doable steps and practical skills to manage emotions and thoughts.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 16 years of experience working as a counselor in clinical settings and with people who struggle with emotion regulation and trauma.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - licensed in the state of Missouri.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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