Therapy for anxious overthinkers, ADHD brains, and chronic people-pleasers who look fine on the outside but feel maxed out inside. Telehealth across New York.
01 THE THERAPIST
I'm Angela.
Most of my clients have been told to calm down, try harder, or just let it go. I've never found that particularly useful advice.
Some days you're holding it together. Other days, your brain won't shut up and you're Googling “is this normal” at 2am. I've sat with thousands of those 2am brains.
I've spent nearly twenty years doing this work across private practice, community mental health, and psychiatric emergency care. I also have ADHD.
“Pushing through it isn’t fixing it.”
02WHAT I WORK WITH
Six things, mostly.
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Anxiety & overthinking
High-functioning, hyper-competent, and exhausted. The 2am brain that won't let you rest — even when nothing's wrong.
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ADHD in adults
Time blindness, task paralysis, and the shame spiral from a decade of being told you just need to try harder.
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People-pleasing & relationship patterns
The ones who say yes when they mean no, date the same person in different packaging, and apologize for taking up space.
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Perfectionism & impostor syndrome
The voice that says it’s not good enough yet. The bar that moves every time you reach it. The certainty that everyone else has it figured out.
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Life transitions & identity
Career changes, breakups, becoming a parent, leaving a religion, questioning who you are beyond the roles you’ve always played.
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Childhood trauma & family patterns
Untangling what you learned young — the emotionally unavailable parents, the dynamics you swore you'd never repeat, and the quiet ways they still run the show.
03IN CLIENTS’ WORDS
What clients actually say.
“Angela has ADHD herself, so when I tell her I spent four hours organizing my bookshelf instead of sending one email, she doesn’t look at me like I’m lazy. She gets why my brain works this way.”
Client, 32ADHDtwo years in
“Therapy with Angela doesn’t feel like ‘therapy’ in the way I expected. She has this way of calling out my people-pleasing patterns that’s funny but also makes me actually want to change them. I don’t feel like I’m being lectured or judged.”
Client, 28anxiety & people-pleasing
“I spent 30+ years pretending my childhood didn’t affect me. Angela helped me connect the dots back to my family stuff without making it feel like therapy cliché. She’s direct but not harsh, and she can handle the heavy conversations without getting weird about it.”
Client, 38childhood trauma & patterns
Testimonials shared with permission. Identifying details changed.
RESOURCES · RECENT ARTICLES
Recent resources.
- ANXIETY
Why your brain won’t stop — understanding the anxiety spiral
Read the articleThat racing mind keeping you up at night has a reason it won’t quit. Here’s what’s actually happening in your nervous system, and why “just relax” is the worst advice you’ve ever gotten.
- ADHD
ADHD isn't laziness — why “just try harder” doesn't work
Read the articleIf you’ve spent your whole life being told you’re not living up to your potential, here’s the neuroscience of why willpower-based advice keeps failing you — and what actually helps.
- CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
When the person who raised you wasn’t emotionally equipped
Read the articleUnderstanding the lasting impact of emotionally immature caregiving — the quiet ways it shapes your adult relationships, and how to unlearn patterns you didn’t choose.
04STARTING
What happens when you reach out.
You don’t need to be fixed. You need someone who can help you figure out which thoughts are actually yours — and why the ones that aren’t are still running the show.
Have logistics questions first? Read the FAQ.
You send a note.
Takes a minute. Tell me what’s bringing you in, or just say “hi, I want to talk.” No intake form, no questionnaire.
We do a 15-minute call.
No cost. We see if it’s a fit. If it’s not, I’ll help you find someone it is.
We book a first session.
Evenings and weekends available. Telehealth from anywhere in New York State.
Most of the people I work with didn't think therapy would help them either — until it did.
Or email Angela@nystateofmindtherapy.com