ABOUT
I'm Angela.
Here for the brains that won't quit.
Angela DeGiaimo, LCSW·She/her · Brooklyn, NY
01 THE THERAPIST
Pushing through it isn't fixing it.
I'm an LCSW with nearly two decades of clinical experience — across private practice, community mental health, and psychiatric emergency care. I also have ADHD, which means I understand what that brain is like from the inside, not just clinically. That combination matters for this work.
My private practice is where I see clients now, and it's where the bulk of this work happens.
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. The one thing I can tell you: you're not broken, and pushing through it isn't fixing it.
Most days, I'm probably thinking about the same things you are.
02 WHO I WORK WITH
Overthinkers. ADHD brains. People-pleasers. The ones still untangling family.
My clients are overthinkers, people-pleasers, creatives, and thoughtful misfits who are exhausted from performing “fine” while everything inside feels like chaos. Many of them have been told they're “too sensitive,” “too much,” or “overthinking it” — and they're tired of questioning themselves.
Maybe anxiety means your brain is already writing tomorrow's disaster at 11pm. Maybe ADHD means you genuinely tried — and still couldn't make yourself do the thing. Maybe depression looks like scrolling for an hour instead of texting back someone you actually like. You're not broken. You're exhausted from compensating.
03 HOW I WORK
It's not about fixing you.
It's about figuring out what's yours.
A lot of the work we do comes down to rebuilding self-trust. Most of my clients don't struggle because they lack insight — they struggle because they've learned not to trust their own reactions, memory, or instincts. Over time, that creates anxiety, burnout, and constant self-doubt.
Therapy is where we slow that down. We figure out which thoughts are actually yours, and why the ones that aren't are still running the show. We name the patterns. We name what they cost you. And we start building something steadier underneath.
I draw on CBT, IFS, and DBT — but what we use depends on what's actually in front of us: what you're working through, how your brain works, what's helped before and what hasn't. But the modality matters less than this: I actually pay attention. I'm direct without being harsh. I'll push back when you need it and back off when you don't.
If this sounds like your kind of therapy — let's talk.
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04 A LITTLE PERSONAL
The things that inform this work.
I have ADHD myself. I know what it's like to live inside that brain — the time blindness, the task paralysis, the shame spiral from decades of being told to just try harder. I don't think ADHD is a character flaw. I think it's a nervous system that runs differently, and I work with it accordingly.
I'm also a former foster parent and current adoptive parent. Which means if you grew up in foster care, were adopted, or have a complicated family history, I understand it on a personal level — not a theoretical one. My experience shapes how I work with non-traditional families, chosen family, and what it takes to heal when your beginnings were messy.
Also — my dog Onyx occasionally joins telehealth sessions. He takes confidentiality very seriously. You'll probably meet him eventually.
05STARTING
If any of this sounds right, I'd be glad to talk.
Or email angela@nystateofmindtherapy.com