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Angela Kieler

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Angela Kieler, LPC

Missouri

Licensed Professional Counselor - relationships and addiction

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Where Angela stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Missouri / 2015031020
NPI
1770235202
Experience
18 years
Languages
English
Location
Missouri

About

  • ACT
  • CBT
  • Art therapy

About Angela

Angela Kieler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 18 years of experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and codependency. She also addresses parenting, grief, intimacy struggles, ADHD, career concerns, and the strain that comes from caring roles.

Kieler draws on a range of methods and keeps the work straightforward. Sessions typically focus on what is happening now, steps a person can try, and ways to handle strong emotions or overwhelming situations. She has experience supporting people affected by substance use and severe mental illness, and she has worked with older adults in hospice settings and children in special education.

Her background includes work in psychiatric settings and community education for family members through the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She was a Qualified Mental Health Professional at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, where she managed complex and high-need cases. She also speaks from personal experience of having family members with mental illness.

In practice she uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-informed ideas, Existential approaches, Internal Family Systems, and art therapy. That mix lets her shift methods to match what a person needs in the moment.

Sessions are aimed at practical coping, clearer boundaries, and better day-to-day functioning. People who keep putting others first or who feel stuck by another person’s moods or substance use often seek this kind of help. International clients may be accepted and sessions are offered in English.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take small actions that matter to them despite uncomfortable feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and patterns like people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life changes, which suits stress, anxiety, and mood concerns. Attachment-informed approaches bring attention to how early relationship patterns affect current relationships and can help people notice and shift repetitive interaction styles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try first, checks in about what is helping, and adjusts techniques as goals and needs become clearer. This shared planning keeps the focus practical and responsive to what the person wants to change.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so therapy can be kept up more consistently. Therapists can adapt ACT, CBT, and attachment-focused work to an online setting through exercises, in-session practices, and homework that fit a person's daily routine.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityCodependencyCommitment issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismParanoiaPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

18+ years

Listed in

Missouri

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Can she help with people-pleasing and codependency?

Yes. She works with issues like codependency, trouble saying no, and losing yourself in relationships and helps people develop clearer boundaries and coping skills.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She combines humanistic, client-centered work with practical methods such as ACT and CBT to focus on present problems and doable steps forward.

How much experience does she have?

She has 18 years of clinical experience, including work in psychiatric settings, hospice, and special education.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.

What languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How does billing and cost work?

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

How do I begin working with her?

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

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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