Angel Ouza, LMSW, LCSW

Angel Ouza, LMSW and LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience supporting people through life’s hardest seasons and most important transitions. She approaches therapy with the belief that everyone needs help at some point, and that seeking support is a meaningful step toward healing and steadier well-being.

Her work commonly centers on stress and anxiety, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, career changes, and coping with day-to-day pressures or major life shifts. Angel brings an integrative, holistic style to sessions, adapting the work to each person’s needs and goals while balancing practical, solution-focused guidance with attentive listening when that is what is most helpful.

Angel uses a blend of clinical approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Client-Centered Therapy. She may also incorporate tools such as brainspotting, Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed work, humor, coaching strategies, compassion, and occasional between-session practices when appropriate. She is especially interested in helping clients strengthen mindset, rebuild self-worth, navigate transitions, and recover from narcissistic abuse, with an emphasis on creating a supportive space to explore thoughts, emotions, and patterns.

Angel values collaboration, unconditional acceptance, and an authentic, respectful approach to each client’s beliefs and background. She offers voice-only sessions and provides care in English from California.