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Angela Bryant

Angela Bryant, LCSW, LSCSW

Missouri

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Licensed clinical social worker - family and trauma

  • Attachment work
  • CBT strategies
  • EMDR approaches

About Angela

Angela Bryant is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) with licenses in Illinois and Kansas and practice based in Missouri. She has over 10 years of experience as a psychotherapist and consultant. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship trouble, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, ADHD, and blended family issues.

She uses an approach that mixes attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and EMDR. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. Clients can expect direct conversation about patterns, coping strategies, and ways to change unhelpful reactions.

Her background includes clinical work with people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse, and experience supporting those in education and first responder roles. She has worked with adults across young adulthood through older adulthood, and with concerns such as grief, addiction, caregiver strain, and feelings of emptiness.

In-session work often looks at relationship patterns and how past attachments affect current family roles. For someone in a new blended household, conversations may cover managing loyalty conflicts, negotiating routines, and setting expectations with a partner. The focus is on concrete skills and clearer communication more than labels.

Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Angela’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can be used to notice how those patterns show up in daily life and in blended household roles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions this often becomes short skill practice, homework, and straightforward problem solving. EMDR addresses memories and reactions tied to trauma using structured processing; in online sessions the work is adapted into a step-by-step format with clinician guidance.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and needs with the client and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning can change over time as new information emerges and different strategies are tested.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm which online options are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, or caregiving responsibilities. It also allows for focused check-ins, practice of new skills between meetings, and shorter sessions when a quick review is helpful. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to help with relationship patterns, trauma responses, and day-to-day coping in blended households.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Missouri, Kansas, Illinois

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, ADHD, and blended family issues among other concerns.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

The style blends attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused methods and EMDR into practical conversations and skill work.

How much clinical experience is there?

She has over 10 years of experience as a psychotherapist and consultant working with adults across young adulthood to older adulthood.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LCSW and an LSCSW with licensure in Illinois and Kansas and practices in Missouri.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

Which session formats are used?

The original biography did not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking.

How does payment and cost work?

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

What do I need to do to begin?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

Angela BryantLCSW, LSCSW

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