About Angela
Angela Tamayo, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She offers a calm, straightforward presence and speaks both English and Spanish. Her background includes five years of clinical work in Tennessee supporting people through stressful transitions and identity questions.
She focuses on practical tools that reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Sessions often include strategies for managing panic, easing social anxiety, and coping with low mood.
Background and approach
She also addresses concerns related to LGBT experiences and multicultural stressors in ways that respect each person’s identity. Angela pays attention to relationships and attachment patterns. She helps people understand how past hurt affects current trust and communication.
Work can include building better boundaries, improving communication, and handling feelings of abandonment or shame. She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, immigration-related stress, and challenges tied to autism or blended family dynamics. Therapy is collaborative and paced to match each person’s readiness for change.
Techniques are drawn from evidence-based therapeutic methods tailored to everyday problems. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on the therapist’s availability.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on symptom reduction and practical coping. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches breathing, grounding, and thought-management strategies to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. These tools aim to make everyday situations feel more manageable and to lower immediate distress.Another approach centers on exploring attachment and relationship patterns. This helps people recognize how past relationships shape current responses, improve communication, and set clearer boundaries when needed. It is useful for worries tied to abandonment, trust, or ongoing family stress.
Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust based on what helps most. This collaborative process lets people test techniques and decide which ones to keep.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video can support face-to-face conversations and visual cues, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can provide shorter check-ins or step-by-step support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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