- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Attachment focus
About Angela
Angela Porter is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in New Mexico with 14 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, and depression. She also addresses body image, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, sexuality, and women's issues.
Her way of working is direct and person-centered. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing. She listens to the story you bring and helps identify practical steps you can try between sessions. Sessions aim to clarify patterns and reduce the moments that make daily life heavier.
Angela draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current ones. She uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s experience. Cognitive behavioral tools are used when thoughts and behaviors get in the way of feeling better.
She also uses elements of existential thinking to discuss meaning and life choices, and incorporates Gottman-based ideas when addressing relationship dynamics. These methods are blended to address the specific concern at hand rather than as fixed protocols.
Expect clear, conversational sessions that focus on what you want to change and concrete options you can try. If guilt or shame is part of the concern, sessions can help map how those feelings show up and what might ease their daily impact.
Approaches that inform online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It is useful when patterns of closeness, trust, or distance cause stress in relationships or make intimacy hard.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on clear, person-led conversation. The therapist follows the client's priorities and helps organize thoughts, feelings, and choices without imposing a plan.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts and behaviors interact. It offers practical strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and try behavior changes that reduce anxiety or low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angela will collaborate with each person to decide which ideas and techniques fit their needs and goals. That choice can shift over time as the work unfolds.
Confirm the session formats available before booking. The practical benefits of remote sessions include easier fitting of appointments into busy schedules, the option for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and less travel time. Discussing relationship patterns, guilt, or anxiety can be done effectively in conversation-based online sessions, and the therapist will adapt tools and exercises to suit how you prefer to work.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, and depression. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, body image, communication problems, and post-traumatic stress.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She uses conversation and practical tools to map how guilt and shame appear in daily life. Sessions identify patterns and small behavioral steps to reduce their impact.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is an LPCC with 14 years of professional experience working with adult clients on mood and relationship issues. Her work history includes addressing both individual and relational concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds the LPCC credential in New Mexico and practices there. Sessions and care follow her scope as an LPCC in that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.