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Angela Parrelli

Angela Parrelli, LPC

Louisiana

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Licensed Professional Counselor - Guilt and shame focus

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse
  • Relationship issues

About Angela

Angela Parrelli is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with three years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with life changes. Angela also focuses on attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, body image, caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, and related areas.

Her style is straightforward and interactive. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She listens to the facts of what happened, how it affects day-to-day life, and what the person wants to change. Together they set small, practical steps to try between meetings.

Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address unhelpful thinking and emotional regulation. She may work on identifying thinking patterns that keep shame or guilt active and on skills to manage intense feelings. She also attends to how stress or past events show up in the body and in relationships.

People often come for help after a difficult loss, a strained relationship, or when past abuse keeps resurfacing. Angela will talk through what’s been happening, notice patterns, and help people test new ways of responding. Sessions aim to make daily life more manageable and to reduce the hold of recurring shame or self-blame.

She offers services in English and accepts international clients. Costs vary by location and sessions operate on a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then a first session is scheduled.

How her therapeutic methods translate to online sessions

Angela draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and building coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts that feed guilt or shame and then try alternative responses in daily life. Techniques aimed at emotional regulation teach concrete skills to manage intense feelings so those emotions interfere less with relationships and routine tasks.

She also uses approaches that pay attention to how stress and past events show up in the body and behavior. These methods help people recognize bodily reactions tied to old experiences and practice small ways to ease physical tension and reactivity. Each approach is explained in plain terms and matched to what the person wants to work on.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will discuss options, try methods out, and adjust based on your goals and what feels useful. The process is about testing what works and changing course when needed.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and keep check-ins shorter when needed. It can also allow for more flexible scheduling across time zones for international clients.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

3+ years

Listed in

Louisiana

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she support?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues such as abandonment and attachment.

How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?

Her sessions are conversational and practical. She helps identify thinking patterns that keep shame active and teaches skills to manage intense feelings and test new responses.

What is her background and experience?

She has three years of clinical experience and practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She is based in Louisiana and holds the LPC credential as listed.

Are sessions offered in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She accepts international clients.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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