“I’m a therapist who saw several therapists for many years before I found Angela and started working with her. No therapist even came close to being as helpful to me as Angela has been. It’s been ten years of being supported by her and I consider her to be one of the greatest blessings of my life. Working with Angela has helped me trust myself more and have more compassion for myself, and given me a profound sense of not-aloneness—all of which has helped me take major risks and live a more authentic, fulfilling, alive life. I highly recommend bringing her into your life as a loving support person.” —Ali
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“I am deeply grateful for my time spent working with Angela. I reached out to her at a turning point in my life, and she was instrumental in helping me take things in a positive direction and maintain momentum. She approached me with a wide-open heart and engaged earnestly with everything I brought to the table, no matter how insignificant or how heavy, no matter how personal or global. We spent over a year together and throughout that time she was consistently successful at reaching me, wherever my head was, and helping me develop a better understanding of, and more love and patience for, myself and the world around me. I still use practices developed with her to help me on a daily basis and will reach out to her without hesitation if I ever need her help again. —Antonio
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“What makes Angela’s work so powerful? I have considered this question many times since beginning weekly sessions with her. Why is Angela able to consistently offer a quality of support so profoundly transformative? I find it even more puzzling, because in my experience, her work makes an impact to a degree that is truly rare among helping professionals. From what I can tell, Angela’s unique skill, gentleness, insight, and discernment are the result of her capacity to integrate her own lived experience with multiple modalities to create a way of holding space for other people that is truly life serving and authentic. I hope, for the purpose of my own learning, to understand more clearly over time how Angela does what she does!
One aspect of Angela’s approach that stands out to me as being very important is her capacity for attuned presence, for listening with total acceptance and deep love. I think that the healing power of this quality comes from the fact that, in Angela’s case, it is actually…authentic!!! Out of a desire for self-preservation and safety, my nervous system is often vigilantly, though unconsciously, alert for any signal from others of a deviation from earnestness. In working with Angela, I experience deeply that her care and compassion are genuine and true, and as a result, any energy that I might otherwise be expending defending and protecting myself is free to mobilize for healing and transformation. Thus my own and Angela’s gifts and insight can be put to full creative use.
For those among us who may not have grown up with much emotional safety in our early relationships, or for whom the love that we did experience was often tinged with or steeped in fear, the experience of connection rooted uncontestably in love can be a radically different relational orientation. My experience is that it supports the construction of new patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior, so that relationships with myself and with others slowly begin to be grounded in love and safety rather than fear and anxiety. This is a continual learning process for me, yet at the same time, engaging in this practice feels like a homecoming.
Clearly, working with Angela has affected me profoundly. Many of the people I care about express longing for more support during a painful time or to be truly heard and understood for their experience. I often wish that they could all have the experience of working with Angela! I imagine what the world would be like if everyone had regular experiences in which they felt fully heard, loved, accepted, appreciated, and seen for the life-serving needs underlying their intense emotions. In this way, working with Angela helps me to sense what is possible beyond simply imagining it. I get to taste the sweetness of something we all deserve but so rarely receive. I wish this sweetness for all of us.” —Eliza, Berkeley, CA
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“My work with Angela was nothing less than profound. I trusted her implicitly, and her guidance—in addition to her empathic resonance and respect for my process always—was life-changing, allowing the course and location of my life to shift dramatically and my capacity for joy, connection, relationship, and love to deepen. The healing work we did together stayed with me for years after our physical face-to-face work. Angela’s presence and attentiveness, kindness and love, were deeply healing to the parts of me that needed them, and I continued to call upon her “essential self,” as she would say, for years to come in my own personal journeying, prayer, and contemplation. I continue to refer people to her who are looking for respectful, empathy-based healing work that is capable of holding their most wild, unruly, shamed, and judged parts (whether by themselves or others). Her capacity is huge. Her wisdom is vast. Her skill is awesome. Anyone who finds her on their path will have found a true physical and spiritual ally.” —Marina
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“I have been working with Angela for many years. From the very first session, she created a warm and welcoming environment where I felt comfortable expressing myself. Her approach is both compassionate and professional. She listens attentively and offers insightful perspectives that have helped me gain clarity and navigate challenges more effectively. I appreciate how she tailored our sessions to address my specific needs and goals, providing practical education, strategies, and tools that have been invaluable in my personal growth journey.
Angela genuinely cares about my well-being. She consistently demonstrates empathy and understanding, which has fostered a strong sense of trust in our relationship. Angela has made a significant positive impact on my life, and I am grateful to have her as part of
my support system.” —Amy
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“I have been with Angela since the end of 2018. She has greatly supported me in times of emotional crises as well as during meaningful celebrations. Angela holds space for the variety of emotional shifts that need to happen: whether falling apart or falling into place. She gently guides those shifts in a way that is deeply reassuring and helps me trust my own capacity to hold that same space for myself. There have been many times I have thought to myself, “I will need to talk to Angela about this,” only to learn that I gave myself the restorative empathy I was needing.
As a leftist Nonviolent Communication practitioner, I was hoping to find someone values-aligned to offer such support, and Angela has far surpassed meeting those needs. Her emphasis on embodied practice of somatic Nonviolent Communication, and her many other modalities (parts work, role plays, time-travel empathy, etc.), are always trauma-informed. I always look forward to our sessions, and strongly recommend her services, whether empathic or ancestral. We are working on healing my second ancestral lineage together, and I feel disproportionately more connected to my family background, through both healing intergenerational trauma and celebrating the many blessings those lineages offer. Angela also provides great and timely comic relief 🙂” —PierceD, Berkeley, CA (Restorative Empathy and Ancestral Healing client)
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“I first found Angela while I was in the early stages of working through trauma, when I was seeking a container to process that felt warmer and more “human” than what my experience of traditional therapy had been like. I found that warmth, care, and humanity in working with Angela, and I am forever grateful that I had the opportunity to process and grow in the safety that she brought to our sessions. Years later, I reconnected with Angela again to get support in moving through another life stage and it was such a blessing getting to grow with her once more. To work with Angela is to feel loved, nurtured, accepted, and trusted in your own wholeness. As a coach and therapist myself, I truly believe that these are the things we all need in order to flourish. Thank you, Angela, for supporting my growth!” —Anna, New York
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“I have received empathy sessions from Angela consistently for almost three years. As a psychotherapist I have high standards and can say unequivocally that my sessions with Angela have provided some of the best support and guidance of any method I have ever received. Angela’s mastery of the Nonviolent Communication approach, her adeptness at handling even the most intense emotions, and her very compassionate presence have aided in my healing and growth in immeasurable ways. I highly recommend her to anybody who is looking for loving support, greater clarity, and wise strategies to catalyze significant healing in their life.” —Karen, Berkeley, CA
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“Angela is one the most compassionate and supportive people I have ever met. She is an extremely gifted communicator who has given me invaluable tools to deal with challenging people and various difficult situations, and I have grown more empathetic and understanding of others as a result of my sessions with her. Even more importantly, I have learned how to be more compassionate and nurturing toward myself, and I feel empowered to continue to grow with a higher level of understanding about myself and others. I feel so blessed to have her in my life as my go-to whenever life throws me a curve ball; she is truly a wonderful gift to me and I am forever thankful for her.” —Erin, Ypsilanti, MI
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“A year ago I found myself in an unimaginably painful state, and day-to-day life became a massive struggle. I knew I needed emotional support, however, living in a foreign country, working full-time, and looking after my children after work and weekends simply made it impossible for me to find the time to look for the right therapist. A dear friend of mine suggested I get in touch with Angela. Although there is a 15-hour time difference between us, Angela was determined to make it work and has for the last year been offering me the care I much longed for. With her gentle spirit and endless wisdom, she has been giving me a weekly empathy session and has been guiding me through the year. I can confidently say that Angela has been a single reason why I am doing well today. She has been consistent in doing her outmost to offer me the care and compassion that I sincerely needed, and guiding me through whatever emotional challenges I am facing. Simply put, Angela has been my oxygen mask, and for that I will forever be grateful.” —Alena, Singapore
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“Angela has been helping me navigate the very tough terrain of metastatic breast cancer. She is quickly able to locate responses to painful experiences that are no longer serving me, and gently be with me as I breathe with these deep, old pains so that they can release. In our first session, she accompanied me to a time when I was a toddler and helped me rescue myself as a child and make the choice to not carry my mother’s pain for her. After years of having worked on this issue, I finally made a real shift and could release this old burden! I have been in the healing field for many years, and can recognize a great healer when I work with one: Angela is it!” —Beth, Midpines, CA
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“The empathy work that I have done with Angela has led me to unexpected and important insights about myself and my relationships with others, using a modality that genuinely connects the head and the heart. It can be challenging work, but Angela’s warmth, her own deep insight, and her skill as a practitioner of empathy have also made it a wonderfully nurturing experience. Working with Angela has taught me not just what self-compassion means, but also what it feels like.” —Sarah, Sydney, Australia
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“Angela is a loving and masterful Healer’s Healer. It is a rarity amongst the endless sea of healing facilitators, therapists, mentors, and coaches to actually have the privilege of working with one who has the capacity for real empathy such that you feel completely heard, nourished, supported, and witnessed without the extra burden of having to ‘take care’ of them because they’re tripping out about what you are experiencing and blaming you. Angela’s awakened, conscious presence and deep empathy uplifts, relaxes, inspires true healing, and opens your heart wider and wider. Working with her has brought me deep peace, well-being, embodied Self-love, and an appreciation for the power and wisdom embedded in empathy for mySelf and humanity.” —Marja, Oakland, CA
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“Angela has the ability to create a safe container, where I felt gently held with care, love, acceptance, and compassion, with any emotion that evolved. Angela’s skills shine as she beautifully guides and weaves the process of going deeper and deeper, in a caring way, to find ‘what is.’ Angela’s understanding of and skills with Nonviolent Communication are impeccable. I would highly recommend working with her.” —Jeanette, Chico, CA
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“Angela is an extremely warm and caring individual and these qualities come out in every aspect of her work. Receiving empathy from her is like knowing you have a warm bath awaiting you after a hard day’s work: comforting and rejuvenating. I am always grateful for her patient care that allows me to work through the mesh of thoughts and emotions that make up the human mind. I would recommend, in an instant, her work to anyone wanting a sense of peace and a steady platform to grow upon.” —Kristina, San Francisco, CA
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“Angela’s empathic listening offered me this sacred container to explore what was deeply underlying my relationship conflicts and sorrows and allowed for healing and transformation. She helped me find clarity and empowerment in my upcoming decisions.” —Marie, Washington, DC
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“I turned to Angela after a significant life trauma threatened my own sense of trust, security, and well-being. At the time I was feeling unable to cope even with daily interactions with others, and knew that something needed to change. It was amazing to me how the seemingly simple acts of being heard, appreciated, and cared for helped me to process what had happened. Angela has a gift for creating a place of pure safety and acceptance, one which allowed me to not only work through this specific event but also voice broader and deeply personal life challenges. Her practice has also helped me to evaluate the way in which I communicate with others, and I find that I pay more careful attention to the power of listening and compassion in my everyday work and life.” —Emma, Philadelphia, PA
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“Angela is warm, compassionate, and hilarious. She has an incredible capacity for empathy, which allows her to navigate the thorniest, most deep-rooted tensions. There is no one to whom I would rather entrust my vulnerabilities.” —David, Ann Arbor, MI
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“Angela’s incredible intuition and ability to connect with all people is a true gift that serves her well in her work. She has a balance of earnestness and a sense of lightness about the mistakes we all make, which is helpful for my learning and growth.” —Caitlin, Ann Arbor, MI