Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Angela works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Angela
Angela Montague is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of professional experience in New York. She focuses on practical help for people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or depression. Angela also supports those dealing with addictions, relationship strain, and anger.
She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space for people to begin healing. She takes time to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps that make daily life easier. Angela pays attention to cultural factors, prejudice and discrimination, and how these shape stress and coping. Her practice also addresses issues such as intimacy struggles, parenting stress, career transition, and compassion fatigue.
Angela has experience with first responder issues, domestic violence, infidelity, and family problems. She uses approaches grounded in evidence to help people learn new coping skills and communication habits. People often come to her when they need help sorting strong emotions, repairing relationships, or managing life changes.
The work is collaborative - Angela listens, offers feedback, and adjusts the plan as needs shift. Small practical changes are emphasized alongside understanding deeper patterns. For someone nervous about beginning therapy, Angela recognizes that first steps take courage.
She encourages people to take the matching questionnaire and schedule a time to talk that fits their life.
What Angela works with
Everything Angela lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Angela's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
Online approaches and flexible session options
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on learning new coping skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach involves skills training to manage strong emotions like anger and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and communication tools that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach emphasizes problem-solving and behavioral changes to address addictions, relationship strain, or work stress by breaking challenges into small, manageable steps.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit those needs, and adjust plans as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls let people see facial cues and read body language, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels too much, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for short check-ins or when typing is easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy day and to keep continuity when schedules change.
Questions people ask about Angela
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Angela works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful and practical. She listens closely, tailors dialogue to each person, and focuses on concrete steps to improve daily functioning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience in social work and clinical practice in New York.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported and are international sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.