Dr. Angela Montgomery Timmons, LCSW

Licensed in California · 40 years in practice

Dr. Angela Montgomery Timmons is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 40 years of professional experience.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 18452 · expires July 2027
NPI: 1164761797 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Angela

Dr. Angela Montgomery Timmons is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 40 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, depression, and major life changes.

Her approach emphasizes straightforward conversations and steady support. She aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and safe. In sessions she focuses on clear goals and practical steps.

She listens without judgment and helps people name what feels hardest.

Background and approach

She uses tools from client-centered work to make space for each person's story. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with emotional grounding and attention skills.

These are presented in simple, everyday ways so they fit into a busy life. She also helps people who are caregivers, dealing with workplace strain, or struggling with isolation and guilt. Conversations often include exploring forgiveness, control issues, and questions about life purpose.

Dr. Timmons supports people wanting to build self-love and better communication habits. Sessions are paced to match each person's comfort and needs.

Practical matters such as session format and scheduling are handled up front. The goal is steady progress toward clearer thinking and more reliable coping. She encourages small changes that add up over time.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Angela names

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Online support

How these approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where a person can talk through what matters most. Online sessions allow that same back-and-forth and make it easier to fit regular conversations into a busy week.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts that feed anxiety or low mood and tests new behaviors to change results. In video or phone sessions the therapist and client review patterns, set small experiments, and adjust plans between meetings.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment focus. These skills can be practiced during short check-ins by chat or reinforced with brief audio or text reminders between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily routine. That plan can shift over time as needs change.

Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging is handy for shorter updates or homework. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, depression, and life transitions, plus related issues like caregiver stress and workplace problems.

What is her therapy style like?

Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She listens without judgment and works with clients to try practical steps between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 40 years of professional experience to her practice, drawing on long-term clinical work to inform session planning.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is licensed as an LCSW in California and conducts her practice from that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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