Angela Grimes, LISW

Angela Grimes is a licensed independent social worker with 19 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She uses a straightforward style and focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and build small habits that add up over time.

Clients find concrete tools and clear conversation in sessions. She listens for what feels most pressing and helps set simple goals to try between meetings. That might mean changing unhelpful thinking, experimenting with a new routine, or practicing short problem-solving techniques.

Angela blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused strategies to keep work goal-oriented and realistic. She explains ideas in plain language and coaches people through one step at a time. Sessions tend to focus on actions that can be used right away, not just talk.

Her background includes varied clinical settings across Ohio over nearly two decades. That experience informs how she tailors strategies for different life stages and stresses. She is comfortable addressing concerns such as addiction, grief, sleep problems, anger, and bipolar mood challenges.

People who reach out often want help with family and relationship tensions, caregiver strain, or coping with major life change. Angela supports exploration of self-esteem, communication patterns, and motivation so clients can move toward clearer choices and steadier daily routines.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

Angela uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral changes. CBT sessions often focus on practical skills like managing anxious thoughts, improving sleep habits, or breaking tasks into manageable steps.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on immediate goals and strengths. That approach helps people build on what already works and create short-term plans that feel achievable when life is busy or stressful.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, try strategies, and adjust the plan as you learn what helps. Clients and the therapist check in regularly to see what is working and what needs to change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and demonstrations, phone can be a simpler alternative with lower bandwidth, and messaging formats suit quick check-ins or short skill practice between longer sessions. These options let clients fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or when travel is difficult.