Santa Rosa Therapy and Counseling

Therapy for High-Functioning Anxiety, Stress, and Overwhelm (for people who look like they have it together, but don’t feel like themselves)

Practical, results-focused therapy that helps you respond differently in real-life situations, not just talk about them.

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Angela Sitka, LMFT, Licensed Psychotherapist

In-person Therapy in Santa Rosa and Online Therapy in California for Overthinking, Anxiety, and Disconnection

You may look like you’re doing everything “right.”

You’re responsible, capable, and used to pushing through.

But internally, it feels like something is off. Like you’re constantly “on,” constantly thinking, constantly trying to manage everything in your head.

You tell yourself:

“I just need to handle my stress better.”

“Once things calm down, I’ll feel okay again.”

But that moment never really comes.

Instead, you’re stuck in cycles of overthinking and self-doubt. Trying to figure out if you’re overreacting or if something actually is wrong.

  • You’re distracted or checked out even with people you care about

  • You get irritable more easily than you want to

  • You feel anxious or tense for “no reason”

  • You go through your day on autopilot, just trying to get through it

“I should be able to handle this”

So you push through. You stay busy. You try to think your way out of it. You tell yourself to be more positive, more grateful, more disciplined.

You understand yourself pretty well. You can explain your patterns.

What you’re really looking for isn’t more analysis, it’s change that shows up in real time.

You need practical, results-focused therapy that helps you respond differently in real-life situations, so you’re not just talking about change, you’re actually living it.

And that’s where this therapy is different.

About Angela Sitka, Santa Rosa Therapist for Adults

Angela Sitka, LMFT, psychotherapist in Santa Rosa, CA

Learn more about Angela

Welcome, I’m Angela, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to provide practical, results-focused therapy that helps you respond differently in real-life situations, not just talk about them.

  • Learn how to manage your negative thoughts and feelings so you can lead your life with your values, not your worries, insecurities, and stressors.

  • Communicate effectively even when you’re stressed, overwhelmed or upset.

  • Make decisions about your life and relationships with intention and ditch the overthinking and self-doubt.

Learn How I Can Help You:

I know you have questions, concerns, and hesitations about starting therapy

  • It’s the framework of how I help clients with their goals. It’s part therapy and part coaching in how I apply it in my practice.

    This therapy that helps individuals stop struggling with difficult thoughts and feelings, and instead accept them, while committing to actions that improve their lives. It is skills-based and behavioral, meaning you start doing things right away and there are activities and reflections in between sessions to implement what you learn.

    The goal in ACT therapy is psychological flexibility which helps:

    • being proactive in dealing with your problems rather than reactive

    • improving resiliency

    • keeps you striving towards goals despite setbacks

    • adapting your behaviors to align with personal values, even during stressful times

    • I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California (LMFT #97770)

    • I have been working as a therapist for 12 years and have been licensed for 9 years.

    • I have my Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and my Bachelor of Arts of Psychology

    • I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • My model of therapy requires weekly therapy, 50-minute sessions once a week. Once we decide it’s a good fit for your goals (first 1-2 sessions are on trial basis), then we set aside a weekly consistent time for both of us to reserve to do the work together.

    I offer both in-person therapy in Santa Rosa, CA in my office off of Mendocino or video/phone therapy.

    While every person’s therapy duration is unique, my former clients who report they have fully met their therapy goals, on average, typically do so in about 25 sessions, or approximately a little under 6 months of weekly therapy.

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