- CBT techniques
- Client-centered work
- Gottman-informed skills
About Angela
Angela Alderman-Shotton is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma with 11 years of experience. She works with adults on common struggles such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, self-esteem, and major life changes.
Angela focuses on practical conversations that help people manage stress and build coping skills. She uses straightforward methods to address things like communication problems, codependency, addiction, and grief. She also supports people dealing with family-of-origin concerns, blended family stress, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy.
Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to make changes. The Gottman Method informs her work with relationship skills and communication patterns.
Sessions are focused and practical. Angela helps clients identify simple steps to test between sessions and notices what does and doesn’t work. Conversations include checking how strategies fit into everyday life and adjusting them as needed.
Her background includes long-term work with adults facing trauma, abandonment, and attachment issues. Angela brings experience supporting people through divorce and separation, grief, caregiving stress, and challenges tied to fatherhood and family roles.
People who reach out can expect clear descriptions of the methods being used and collaborative discussion about goals. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site matching process and schedule a first session to see if this approach fits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work can fit
Angela often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the therapist on listening carefully and reflecting what someone says so they can understand themselves better. This approach helps when people feel stuck with identity, self-esteem, or life-direction questions. Client-Centered Therapy supports exploration of values and personal choice in straightforward terms.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to test new ways of thinking. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep coming up in relationships or work. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone wants to make a change but feels unsure; it focuses on clarifying the person’s own reasons and building small steps toward that change.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client's goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. That discussion continues over the first few sessions so the work aligns with the person's needs and preferences.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm the specific online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into school, jobs, or busy days by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use methods like CBT homework and skill practice between meetings so therapy connects directly to daily life.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, self-esteem, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, bipolar, and related family issues.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining Client-Centered Therapy with CBT and Motivational Interviewing to set goals and try small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working as a counselor in Oklahoma with adults facing emotional and relational challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Oklahoma.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.