Angela Chaloupka (she/her)

I provide gender-affirming, trauma-informed care for clients exploring or refining their gender identity. My expertise includes supporting clients experiencing oppression, exploring identity, navigating dysphoria, preparing for gender-affirming procedures, and addressing trauma using EMDR. My approach emphasizes emotional regulation, values alignment and informed decision-making.

A a queer therapist, I provide trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirming care grounded in EMDR, CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I support clients in identify development, self-exploration, the coming-out process, and coping with the impacts of minority stress, oppression, and the trauma across the lifespan. My focus is on helping clients achieve emotional regulation, resilience, and authentic alignment with THEIR own values.

I am not a neutral observer of injustice; I am an active advocate for marginalized communities, and I approach this work from the deep conviction that your distress is not a personal flaw but often a valid response to systems that have ailed to honor your identity, humanity, and safety. provide trauma-informed care that addresses the psychological impact of systemic oppression.

I am EMDR-trained and specialize in trauma-informed care using EMDR to help clients process distressing experiences, reduce emotional reactivity, and develop adaptive beliefs. I use EMDR to support identity development, minority distress, executive dysfunction distress, traumatic grief, direct and vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and moral injury in LGBTQ, neurodivergent, first responder, law enforcement, immigrant, veteran and other marginalized communities.

I am EMDR-trained and specialize in trauma-informed care using EMDR to help clients process distressing experiences, reduce emotional reactivity, and develop adaptive beliefs. I use EMDR to support identity development, minority distress, executive dysfunction distress, traumatic grief, direct and vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and moral injury in LGBTQ, neurodivergent, first responder, law enforcement, immigrant, veteran and other marginalized communities.

I specialize in trauma-informed care using EMDR to help clients process distressing experiences, reduce emotional reactivity, and develop adaptive beliefs. EMDR supports healing around identity development, minority distress, executive dysfunction distress, traumatic grief, direct and vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and moral injury in LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, first responder, law enforcement, immigrant, veteran and other marginalized communities.

I integrate CBT into my sessions using structured, evidence-based strategies to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop practical coping skills. I incorporate cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, exposure-based approaches, and problem-solving techniques to support clients in refining thought patterns, reducing distress, and aligning daily functioning with their values and identity.

Even the strongest relationships can experience disconnection, conflict, or stress. I integrate CBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Family Systems, ACT and interpersonal Therapy to help clients understand relational patterns, strengthen communication and connection, establish or refine boundaries and heal attachment wounds. I provide support for individuals and couples across diverse identities, cultures, backgrounds and relationship structures.