Angie Hanson, LPC

Angie Hanson is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and listens with empathy, making space for practical steps as well as emotional support. Many clients find her calm, steady manner helpful when they feel overwhelmed.

Angie brings six years of counseling experience and a longer history in mental healthcare that began in 2009. She holds a master’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling, with an emphasis on trauma, grief, and crisis counseling. Her background includes work in behavior change with children, adults, and families before becoming a counselor.

Her day-to-day approach draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside mindfulness and client-centered care. Angie tends to focus on what clients want to change and on building manageable skills for coping. She describes herself as empathetic and calm, and also able to be direct when needed.

Angie has experience supporting people with panic, agoraphobia, bipolar concerns, addictions, sleep problems, and grief. She also lists additional focus areas such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, communication problems, and attachment issues. Her practice is based in Idaho and sessions are conducted in English.

She is a veteran and notes she enjoys working with other veterans. To begin, prospective clients follow the site process to match with her and schedule sessions according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit with online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and building small, workable steps toward a life a person wants. It combines gentle mindfulness with concrete actions to help with anxiety, depression, and coping with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical tools for managing panic, sleep problems, and mood changes. A client-centered stance means the therapist follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and adapts tools to what feels useful for each person.

Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try out techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to find an approach that fits a person’s life and preferences.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm what is available before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut down travel time, and let people meet with a licensed professional from their home or workplace when schedules allow. It can also make some check-ins shorter or allow sessions without video if that suits the person better. Ask about current session formats when you schedule to find arrangements that work with daily life.