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Angela Kieler

Angela Kieler, LPC

Missouri

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Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships

  • ACT methods
  • Cognitive tools
  • Art therapy use

About Angela

Angela Kieler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 18 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, anger, grief, depression, and a range of other concerns. Her profile notes experience addressing addiction, ADHD, parenting strains, and issues related to LGBT identity and intimacy.

She has worked with clients across many settings. Her background includes art therapy, special education with children, hospice care for older adults, and counseling people with severe and persistent mental illness. She also provided family education through the National Alliance on Mental Illness and served as a Qualified Mental Health Professional at a medical center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She describes herself as open minded and flexible and uses a humanistic stance. Sessions often draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, client-centered techniques, and art therapy when helpful.

Angela combines professional work with personal experience supporting family members who have lived with mental illness. That combination shapes how she helps people navigate services and the stress that comes with caring for someone else or coping with chronic concerns.

In sessions she aims to talk through what matters most to the client. That can mean learning skills to manage strong emotions, clarifying values and goals, practicing new ways of communicating, or using creative methods like art to access feelings. Her background emphasizes practical steps people can try between meetings.

People looking for help with anger, relationship friction, or ongoing stress will find a counselor with a broad clinical background and varied tools to draw from. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How Angela uses therapy approaches in online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking action toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anger that comes from frustration, resentment, or repeated patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and reduce reactivity. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the persons own perspective, giving them space to lead the work while the therapist listens and reflects to help them gain insight.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss methods during early sessions and adjust based on the client's goals, preferences, and how they respond. The process is collaborative and built around what the person wants to change or understand better.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let clients try approaches like ACT exercises and CBT skill practice from home or another location that fits their routine. Licensed professionals can adapt interventions to work across different delivery methods, and Angela can help decide which format and pace suit the client's life and goals.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityCodependencyCommitment issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismParanoiaPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

18+ years

Listed in

Missouri

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, anger, grief, depression, addictions, ADHD, parenting strains, and related concerns listed in her profile.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses a humanistic, open minded approach and mixes practical methods like ACT and CBT with client-centered and existential ideas.

How much experience does she have?

She has 18 years of professional experience across clinical and community settings.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri and practices from that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She accepts international clients according to the profile details provided.

What session formats are offered?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost and how do payments work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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