Angela Knight
Compassionate therapist focused on practical skills
LMFT California
- Experience
- 29 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Angela
Angela Knight is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 29 years of clinical experience in California. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem and motivation.
Background and approach
Her work also covers concerns like addiction, grief, intimacy-related worries, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career or life transitions. Angela believes clients are the experts on their own stories and that small changes add up.
She focuses on practical skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are collaborative and direct, with room for emotion and concrete tools that people can use between meetings.
Her approach mixes several well-known methods. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and create alternative behaviors.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also uses attachment-informed ideas and elements of the Gottman Method for working on relationship patterns.
In sessions Angela teaches coping strategies, communication skills, and ways to strengthen connection and self-awareness. She helps people build routines for sleep, eating, and daily functioning when those areas are affected.
Therapy includes short-term skill building and longer-term work depending on each person's goals. Angela offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging formats for ongoing care.
She frames therapy as a partnership and helps clients set clear, achievable steps toward feeling more capable and balanced.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Angela blends the Gottman Method and attachment-informed work with client-centered principles to guide online sessions. The Gottman Method focuses on practical communication skills and recognizing patterns that hurt connections, which can help people bring clearer conversation habits into daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationships, and it helps people understand and change those patterns for better emotional regulation and closeness. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and responding to each person’s experience so goals and pace come from the client rather than the therapist.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Angela will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels most useful, then try techniques that match those needs. She adjusts methods over time based on what works and what people report about progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and practicing communication skills. Phone can be easier if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for quick support, homework check-ins, and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and other commitments.
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Experience
29+ years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English