Angela Gilles

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Since joining Healing Hearts Counseling in 2018, Angela has helped children, teens, and adults navigate difficult seasons with compassion, insight, and practical support.

Angela is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level II with a background in social work, advocacy, diagnostic assessment, and therapy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bradley University and her master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois.

Angela specializes in trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, women’s issues, perinatal mood disorders, mindfulness, and life transitions. She draws from trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches, including EMDR therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, Theraplay, and complex trauma treatment.

Her approach is warm, empowering, and grounded in the belief that healing is possible. Angela hopes to help clients find hope, peace, and meaningful change as they move forward in their lives.

Outside the office, Angela enjoys spending time with her family and two dogs. She loves being in nature, gardening, walking, hiking, bird watching, caring for houseplants, listening to music, watching science fiction and crime documentaries, and finding joy in anything that makes her laugh.