Angela Totman

Angela Totman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports people coping with life changes and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

Angela trained at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, earning a Master of Education in Counseling and Guidance. Much of her career was spent as a school counselor, where she worked with children, adolescents, and adults on grief, crisis support, suicide prevention and postvention, and self-esteem work.

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Angela also integrates psychoeducation and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people build practical skills and short-term strategies. Sessions mix straightforward explanation with hands-on practice so people can try new ways of coping between meetings.

Her approach is trauma-informed and aimed at strengthening resilience. Angela prioritizes a collaborative relationship and clear, realistic goals. She helps people identify small changes that make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful.

Outside of work she enjoys running, time in nature, reading, and family activities. These interests inform her practical, active approach to well-being and personal growth.

Practical, evidence-based approaches for online support

Angela uses evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building small skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice thought patterns, test them, and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy focuses on identifying rigid beliefs and replacing them with more flexible, realistic thinking to ease emotional distress and improve decision making.

Psychoeducation and Solution-Focused Therapy are also part of her work. Psychoeducation gives clear information about how thoughts and behaviors interact so people can make informed changes. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term goals and identify immediate steps that create momentum and improve coping with life changes or loneliness.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Angela will listen to your concerns, discuss which techniques might fit, and try methods together to see what helps. She emphasizes collaboration so clients can shape their goals and pace.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises for remote sessions so clients keep progress between meetings.