Angela Tamayo, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
Licensed in Tennessee · 5 years in practice
Angela Tamayo is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Tennessee.
License and registration
- LCSW, Tennessee
- 9651 · expires January 2028
- LCSW-C, Maryland
- 30828 · expires October 2028
- NPI
- 1144094350 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Angela
Angela Tamayo is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Tennessee. She offers help for people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, and big life changes. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings five years of clinical experience to her work.
She creates a calm, affirming space where people can talk through identity questions and stress related to LGBT and multicultural concerns. Angela focuses on practical coping skills that can be used between sessions.
Background and approach
She helps people reduce overwhelming feelings and regain day-to-day functioning. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Clients set goals and she helps break those goals into small, doable steps.
Conversations often include ways to manage strong emotions, improve communication, and handle relationship or family stressors as they affect the individual. Angela also addresses more specific concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, immigration-related worries, and isolation. She works with impulse control, guilt and shame, and men's issues from an individual perspective.
Sessions may cover how autism or blended family dynamics influence daily life. Sessions combine talk-based work with actionable strategies for coping and behavior change. People who prefer Spanish may choose to meet in that language.
Her background as an MD and as a licensed clinical social worker informs a broad view of health and wellbeing.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Angela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a way that is easy to understand and apply. One common approach focuses on learning practical coping skills to manage anxiety and depression, teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise behavior changes that reduce overwhelm. Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult experiences through careful, paced conversation that helps people make sense of painful events without becoming flooded by emotion.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. Together they try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different situations. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when someone needs flexible, on-the-go support. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or school commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Angela help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, LGBT issues, and coping with life changes. She also addresses attachment, body image, caregiver stress, immigration concerns, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on talking through problems and building small skills to use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Angela has five years of experience working in clinical settings. That background informs her focus on coping strategies and everyday problem solving.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds MD and LCSW-C credentials and is licensed as an LCSW in Tennessee. Her practice is based in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. She is bilingual and can meet in either language.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Multiple formats let people pick what fits their schedule.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
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