About Angela
Dr. Angela Legner draws on person-centered and evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She is a licensed mental health counselor and holds LMHC and LPC credentials.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people find practical steps forward. Angela works with adults facing a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, and career stress. She also addresses chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and challenges that come with aging.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, actionable changes people can try between meetings. Her background includes nine years of clinical experience across Florida and Wisconsin. Angela blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to values-based action.
She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to strengthen relationships with self and others. In sessions, she helps clients build skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when strong emotion regulation is needed. The work is collaborative: goals are set together and adjusted as things change.
Progress is measured in concrete steps rather than abstract labels. People can expect a calm, practical atmosphere where they will talk through patterns, try coping strategies, and track what helps. Angela emphasizes real-world tools for daily life and supports people as they practice new ways of handling stress and relationships.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then take small steps toward what matters. Online ACT sessions often focus on simple exercises and real-life experiments clients can try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems stuck, using structured techniques and homework to change patterns over time.Choosing the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. That way the plan fits the client's needs, pace, and personal preferences rather than being fixed from the start.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues for skill demonstrations and role play. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between scheduled sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Florida
- Languages
- English