Angel Ouza, LMSW, LCSW

California · 19 years in practice

Angel Ouza is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 103620 · expires August 2027
LMSW, Michigan: 6801091250 · expires February 2029
NPI: 1154780641 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 19
Languages: English

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About Angel

Angel Ouza is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She offers a warm, straightforward approach and blends practical coaching with therapy to help clients shift their mindset and cope day to day. Angel practices from California and provides sessions in English.

She focuses on improving self-esteem, navigating career or relationship challenges, and reducing compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

Her approach mixes Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered techniques, plus tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior work when helpful. Angel uses both conversation and practical exercises, and she may suggest short homework between sessions. Angel describes her style as solution-focused yet attuned to when someone needs space to be heard.

Sessions can include coaching, pacing for trauma work, and straightforward guidance for changing habits. She aims to create an accepting, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can speak openly and try different ways to feel better. She offers online formats that include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

Session plans use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location and availability. Angel notes that she offers voice-only sessions when preferred. People who value honest feedback, practical tools, and emotional support may find her approach helpful.

Her work emphasizes steady progress, realistic steps, and building the skills needed to handle life’s challenges.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Angel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Career difficulties
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Angel names

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Online support

How these approaches work in online sessions

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name emotions and how those emotions shape important interactions. In online sessions this looks like guided conversations that help clients connect feeling and behavior so they can try new ways of responding. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Online ACT work often includes mindfulness practices and short behavioral experiments to try between meetings. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client’s experience and uses empathy and reflection to help people feel understood and find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angel will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, values-based action, or practical skill building, and can adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues during emotion-focused work. Phone sessions or voice-only meetings can fit into a busy day or be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, real-time coping prompts, and continued coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and to try therapeutic tools in everyday life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Angel commonly address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include career strain, compassion fatigue, body image, and relationship or communication problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Angel blends a solution-focused coaching style with empathic listening. She offers straightforward guidance, practical exercises, and homework when it will help progress.

What is her professional background?

She has 19 years of clinical experience and a history as a social worker beginning in 2007. Her background includes work with trauma, mindset shifts, and transition-related challenges.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

Angel holds an MI LMSW and a CA LCSW and practices from California.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She also notes she offers voice-only sessions when preferred.

How does billing and cost work?

Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact cost varies with client location and therapist availability.

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