About Angela
Angela Rees is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who have survived trauma and abuse. Angela aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where someone can start to feel safer and more grounded.
She listens first and adapts care to each person's needs. Conversations are shaped around what feels helpful to the individual, and plans are adjusted as progress is made.
Background and approach
Her work often blends attention to the body, emotional experience, and everyday coping skills. Angela uses somatic-informed methods to help people notice how stress and memory show up in the body. She also draws on attachment ideas to understand relationship patterns and client-centered approaches that prioritize the person's goals.
Mindfulness and trauma-focused strategies are used to support symptom reduction and emotional regulation. Sessions typically emphasize practical steps you can try between meetings. That might include short mindfulness practices, grounding techniques, or ways to name and track difficult emotions.
The aim is to build tools that help people manage panic, dissociation, and intrusive memories. Her practice addresses concerns such as post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, domestic violence, panic attacks, body image, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Angela encourages a steady, collaborative pace and supports each person as they work toward clearer answers and a greater sense of well-being.
How somatic and attachment work translates online
Somatic Therapy focuses on how stress and trauma show up in the body. Online sessions can help people notice breath, tension, and bodily responses, then practice simple grounding and regulation exercises together. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. In remote sessions this approach helps identify recurring relationship habits and build healthier ways of connecting with others.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, symptoms, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide whether to focus more on body-based work, attachment patterns, mindfulness, or a mix of methods and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let the therapist and client work in real time and observe physical cues, while phone sessions can feel less intense for some. Live chat and text messaging provide short-term check-ins, notes between sessions, and ongoing reminders of skills practiced in therapy.
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- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English