Angela Bellinghausen

Angela Bellinghausen is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LIMHP (Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner) with 30 years of clinical experience based in Colorado. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem issues, sleep disruption, addictions, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and people questioning life purpose. Angela frames her work around practical skills and clear goals rather than labels. She focuses on helping people build coping skills they can use between sessions. That can mean learning tools for managing panic, practicing short mindfulness exercises, or changing unhelpful thought patterns with cognitive strategies. Sessions also include direct problem solving for relationships and patterns that keep coming up. Angela draws on several approaches to shape the work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters and act on it despite painful thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Her style is collaborative and pragmatic. She encourages clients to try techniques, see what fits, and keep what helps. Angela also brings experience with grief, substance concerns, and aging-related questions, so she can adjust focus as life changes present new problems. People who feel stuck after a life change or who are unsure what comes next often find the sessions center on building small, doable steps. To get started, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their values and take action toward them even when thoughts or feelings are uncomfortable. Online sessions can include exercises to clarify values and short behavioral experiments to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; in virtual sessions this often becomes homework-based work with thought records and behavioral experiments to practice during the week. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills through step-by-step practice and brief skills coaching during sessions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. That lets the client test techniques and adjust the focus as needs change. Confirm the specific session options before booking because formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, or meetings that remove commute time. It can also allow sessions that focus on homework review, skill practice, and planning practical steps to move forward without promising a particular session type.