Angela Alderman-Shotton
Compassionate, practical counseling for life changes
LPC Oklahoma
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Angela
Angela Alderman-Shotton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who uses a person-focused approach to help people through major life changes and emotional struggles. She draws on methods such as the Gottman Method and cognitive behavioral techniques to address relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Angela aims to create a calm space where people can name their priorities and try practical steps forward. She spends time listening so she can understand what matters to each person.
Sessions often include talking through patterns, testing small changes, and learning more helpful ways to relate to others. This can be useful for people facing grief, trauma, or problems with communication and intimacy.
Angela has 11 years of counseling experience and works with a wide range of concerns. Those include stress, addiction, bipolar challenges, parenting strain, and issues linked to family of origin.
She also addresses more specific worries like abandonment, codependency, blended family dynamics, and fatherhood issues. Her style blends Client-Centered Therapy with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.
She helps people set clear goals, identify unhelpful thinking, and try new behaviors between sessions. The Gottman Method informs her work around communication and relationship patterns.
People who choose her often want focused, straightforward help that fits into busy lives. Angela supports clients in finding small, steady changes that build confidence and better connection.
She invites people to begin by identifying one immediate concern and working from there.
How Angela’s Approaches Work Online
Angela blends a few complementary methods to guide work over video, phone, chat, or text. The Gottman Method focuses on how people communicate and solve problems together and is useful when improving interaction patterns and emotional connection. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and reflecting what a person is experiencing to help them find their own solutions and build self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and tests new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Angela collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying an approach, checking how it’s going, and adjusting the plan together if something isn’t working.
Online formats provide flexibility and options to fit different days and energy levels. Video calls let people read tone and body language for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good fit when video isn’t possible or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins, written reflection, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular work going amid school, work, caregiving, or travel.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English