Angela Knight, LMFT
Therapist in California
Angela Knight is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of experience in California.
- License 36798 · California Expires December 2027
- NPI 1801939053 · national registry
- Experience and languages 29+ years in practice English
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About Angela
Angela Knight is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of experience in California. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, address relationship and intimacy concerns, and cope with grief and loss. She also supports people facing trauma, addiction, low self-esteem, sleep and eating difficulties, and major life changes.
She approaches therapy as a collaborative process. Angela treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for existing strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete skills and small changes that add up over time. Her work draws on several practical methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Gottman Method ideas guide conversations about connection and communication. In sessions she teaches skills, practices new ways of relating, and uses short exercises to try out between meetings.
The aim is to make things feel more manageable while working toward clearer goals. She tailors the plan to what a person needs right now. Angela is licensed in California as an LMFT.
She offers sessions in English and does not accept international clients. Therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License 36798 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1801939053 · national provider identifier
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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
- Gottman Method
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Angela names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Approaches for connection and practical skills online
Angela blends practical strategies that translate well to remote sessions. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and building positive interaction patterns; it uses exercises and conversations to help people notice and change how they relate. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people understand and adjust their patterns of closeness and distance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Angela will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She often combines tools from these approaches so sessions are tailored and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can help people fit care into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and practice of communication exercises. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and faster follow-up between scheduled sessions, making it easier to keep momentum with therapeutic work.
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Frequently asked
What issues does she help people with?
She supports people facing stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, self-esteem concerns, sleep and eating problems, and career or parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She centers the client's experience, teaches skills, and focuses on small, doable changes that build over time.
What experience does she bring?
Angela brings 29 years of professional work experience in the mental health field, offering long-term clinical perspective and practical tools.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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