Angelina Miceli

Modalities & Approaches

Populations Served

About Me

I am an excellent fit for a few different types of clients: 1) The cycle-breaker - this would describe almost all of my ideal fit clients over the years. They are clients who are trying desperately to do it differently than their family or even from the ways they've done it all their life (and have determined doesn't work) but they feel the weight of that constantly and a difficulty in actually making that shift to do things differently. They need someone who gets that healing generational trauma is both sacred work and sometimes absurdly funny, and they need someone who can help make connections and challenge them to actually make change. 2) The high-functioning overthinker - this would also describe many of my ideal-fit clients (and usually they're cycle-breakers who also happen to be high-functioning overthinkers). They are clients who come in and have done their homework (aka have literally read all the books or listened to all the podcasts), and can brilliantly intellectualize their trauma but may struggle to actually feel it or apply it. 3). The exhausted perfectionist - these are usually women who are juggling career, family, and impossible standards.

Therapeutic Style

My therapeutic style is very warm and personable - over the years, my clients have continually shared that I am someone they quickly felt comfortable with. I am not afraid to bring humor or (appropriate) sarcasm to my work, and I am excellent at being able to read my clients and their personalities to match where they're at and help build that connection. I build long-term relationships with my clients, and throughout my career I have always been the clinician who has clients who will work with me for a period of time, get to a better place and take a pause, and then return to me if/when they need to in the future. My work with clients is very depth-focused - I am not afraid to dig deep, really get to know my clients and their past experiences, and build connections to their present - my clients are continually impressed by what I remember and help them connect. I also use a lot of metaphors and analogies to bring life to the points I am trying to make or to help my clients easily remember a concept to practice in their every-day life. With that said, I have a dynamically attuned therapeutic approach that weaves genuine human connection with that clinical depth - I am both a warm, relatable human who can laugh about life's absurdities, crack a joke, or listen fervently to the "tea," while also being a skilled clinician who can elicit and hold space for my clients' most vulnerable parts. We're going to march through the trauma, but my clients' healing doesn't have to be a grim march through that trauma. In their work with me, my clients feel as though their therapist is a real person who can hold all parts of them - the messy, the funny, the profound, and the painful while also guiding and fostering their growth.