Angela Bode, LCSW, CSW

Angela Bode, LCSW, CSW, is a licensed social worker based in the Florida panhandle with three years of clinical experience. She brings experience from a variety of therapeutic settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, domestic violence shelters, and community mental health work. As a military spouse, she has also supported active duty service members and their family members, giving her both personal and professional insight into the stresses that come with military life.

Throughout her practice, she has worked with individuals, couples, and families facing depression, anxiety, substance use, trauma, and relationship challenges. Her work spans many areas of concern such as stress, grief, parenting, addiction, and coping with life changes, and she pays close attention to dynamics like family of origin issues, communication problems, and isolation.

Her therapeutic approach centers on the client - she views people as the experts on their own lives and collaborates to set the direction, pace, and goals of therapy. She draws from a range of evidence-informed methods, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused therapy. In practice she uses strengths-based and solution-focused strategies, CBT techniques to examine links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and mindfulness and emotion regulation skills to build practical coping tools.

Angela emphasizes empowerment and practical progress, partnering with clients to create realistic treatment plans aimed at their stated goals. She understands that reaching out for help takes courage and is committed to supporting people through change. She is not currently accepting new clients.