Fairfield County, CT · Anxiety · Trauma · Life Transitions
Therapist for High-Achieving Adults & Young Adults in Fairfield County, CT
I help driven, anxious people - men, women, and young adults - stop white-knuckling through life and start rebuilding from the inside out.
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​Angelina Miceli, LCSW · Licensed Clinical Social Worker in CT, VT & SC · In-person in Southport, CT · Virtual available
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15 minutes. No pressure. Just a conversation.
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You're the one who figures it out. The one who holds it together, shows up for everyone else, and keeps moving no matter what. You've built something — a career, a life, a reputation for having it handled. And underneath all of it, there's this relentless hum of anxiety that nobody on the outside would ever guess is there.
I'm Angelina, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who has spent 12 years working with men, women, and young adults throughout Fairfield County from Southport and Fairfield to Westport, New Canaan, Wilton, and beyond. My clients are high-achieving on the outside and quietly exhausted on the inside. They're done managing symptoms and ready to understand what's actually going on... and then do something about it.
WHY I DO THIS WORK
Why I became an anxiety therapist in Fairfield County
I have never been someone who is satisfied with surface-level connection in life or in the therapy room. I want to know what's really going on. What's pressing on you. What the anxiety, the pain, or the stuck-ness is actually about... because I've learned it's always about something deeper than it first appears to be.
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I've spent 12 years working with high achievers - the perfectionists, the people-pleasers, the ones who have mastered managing everyone else's needs so expertly that they've lost track of their own. The ones who have been running on empty for so long that burnout isn't a warning sign anymore... it's just Tuesday. The high achiever who can't turn their brain off at night. The man who has never once talked to anyone about what's going on inside, and who is quietly terrified to start but knows he has to.
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After 12 years, my curiosity hasn't faded. I still get those quiet, electric moments in sessions, the lightbulb moments where something clicks, where a person understands themselves in a way they never quite did before, where the connection between their past and their present finally makes sense. And that's what keeps me here.
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I believe you are more capable than your anxiety has let you believe you are. I've watched people break cycles that ran in their families for generations or that they perpetuated for years. I've bared witness as people have rebuilt their sense of self after devastating experiences, and stepped into futures they once thought were beyond their reach.
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That potential is already inside you. I just help you find it.
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I spent years as Clinical Director at Positive Directions, overseeing clinical teams and working with clients across the full spectrum of mental health presentations. That experience taught me what real change looks like, and what it actually takes to get there.
BEFORE PRIVATE PRACTICE
MY APPROACH
Depth-focused therapy for high achievers in Southport, CT
We go beneath the surface
I don't do surface-level. We connect your past to your present — those lightbulb moments that bring real clarity. This is where real change begins.
I show up as a real person
No silent nodding, no clinical distance. I bring humor, warmth, and genuine investment in your growth. Sessions feel more like talking to your most insightful confidant. One who just happens to have an MSW from NYU.
I'll challenge you (with love, of course)
I'll call you on your patterns — always with compassion, never with judgment. When I know there's more beneath the surface, I'll push you to find it. After all, that's where true growth lives.
I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches including psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), to tailor every session to your specific needs, personality, and goals. No cookie-cutter approaches. No one-size-fits-all solutions.
The answers you're looking for are already inside you.
My job is to help you uncover them, trust them, and use them to build the life you actually want.
WHERE WE MEET
In-person therapy in Southport, CT and virtual sessions statewide
My office is a restored barn in Southport, CT, and it's nothing like what you'd expect from a therapy office. It's warm, private, and designed to feel like a space where you can actually breathe.
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Because the room where you do this work matters.
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Conveniently located for clients coming from Fairfield, Westport, New Canaan, Wilton, and Weston. Prefer the comfort of your own space? I offer virtual therapy in Connecticut, Vermont, and South Carolina — HIPAA-compliant, and just as deep as in-person.
CREDENTIALS & TRAINING
Education
M.S.W. — New York University
Graduate clinical social work training, direct practice focus
B.A. - Albertus Magnus College
Sociology, Social Work & Social Welfare
Licenses
LCSW · CT #10046
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Connecticut
LICSW · VT #089.0134607TELE
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker — Vermont
Certifications & Specialized Training
EMDR Certified
Research-backed trauma processing that reduces emotional charge without requiring you to relive every detail
ART Certified
Accelerated Resolution Therapy — often works faster than EMDR; you don't have to talk about what happened to heal from it
ADHD Certified CSP
Specialized training for clients whose anxiety & overwhelm are shaped by ADHD — a frequently missed piece of the puzzle
LISW-CP · SC #15543
Licensed Independent Social Worker — South Carolina
Therapeutic Modalities
Psychodynamic
CBT
REBT
EMDR
ART
IFS
Person-centered
Strengths-based
Mental Health First Aid
Certified trainer for Adults & Higher Education populations
SIFI Certified
Trained to supervise and mentor social work students in field placement
AREAS OF FOCUS
What we can work on together
Anxiety Therapy
From low-level hum to full-blown panic - get to understanding the root, not just the symptom. Including perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout.
Unresolved Trauma Therapy
Processing the experiences that still show up in your present, with EMDR and ART without having to relive every painful detail.
Life Transitions Therapy
Finding your footing when everything - your career, relationships, identity - is shifting all at once.
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Young Adult Therapy (17+)
College pressure, identity, launching into adulthood. Without needing to have it all figured out.
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Therapy for Cycle Breakers
Breaking the habits and relationship patterns that have run on autopilot for years. It stops here.
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Identity & Wellbeing
The gap between the life you're living, the life you actually want, and everything that stands in the way of it.
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READY WHEN YOU ARE
Let's find out if we're the right fit
You've read this far because something resonated. That's not nothing.
It starts with a free 15-minute conversation - no pressure, no commitment. Just two real humans figuring out if this feels right.
Currently accepting new clients · In-person therapy in Southport, CT · Virtual therapy in CT, VT & SC