Angela Knight, LMFT
California · 29 years in practice
Angela Knight is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 36798 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1801939053 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 29
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Angela
Angela Knight is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also works with those facing trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Angela focuses on practical steps and steady support when someone decides to seek help.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill teaching alongside time to talk about what matters most to the client. Angela draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand patterns in close relationships and the emotions that drive them. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current reactions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used to teach coping skills, manage difficult thoughts, and improve emotional regulation. In a typical session she might help a client notice unhelpful thinking, practice a new way to respond to intense feelings, or rehearse clearer communication. She aims for simple, usable tools clients can try between sessions.
Progress is framed around real-life changes and what a person wants to see happen. Angela offers sessions in English and works with adults seeking help for the listed concerns. Her approach is steady, practical, and oriented toward building skills while honoring each person’s experience.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Angela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Angela names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that shape online sessions
Angela uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name the emotions that drive relationship patterns. EFT focuses on creating new emotional responses and can help when patterns of withdrawal, conflict, or feeling stuck are present.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and stress responses. That perspective helps when someone wants to understand why they react a certain way under pressure or during conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angela will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Together they’ll try strategies, check what’s helping, and adjust the plan over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy days.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Angela support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, self-esteem, and a wide range of related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She treats clients as experts in their own lives and focuses on teaching skills while exploring emotional patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 29 years of professional experience working in mental health and therapeutic settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LMFT credential and is licensed in California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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