Angela L. Tallo, M.Ed.
Nationally Certified Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor -
Board Approved Supervisor (Texas)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Florida)
Licensed Professional Counselor (Colorado)
Certified Ketamine Assisted Psychotherpist
Life and Wellness Coach
An holistic, integrative, person-centered approach to mental health and wellness.
About Angela
Angela is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Approved Supervisor serving Texas, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor serving Florida, and a Licensed Professional Counselor serving Colorado.
Angela's Life and Wellness Coaching options are offered both domestically and internationally.
Professional Experience
Angela has nearly twenty years of experience in mental health counseling. She offers services ranging from individual therapy to skills training and coaching, group therapy, family therapy, parenting education, and life coaching. Angela also provides Supervision for LPC Interns pursuing full licensure in Texas. Angela considers herself an integrative and holistic practitioner with a solid foundation in a person-centered approach to mental wellness. Although intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), she has received training in a wide variety of treatment approaches, including Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, Existentialism, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Mindfulness, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Angela's population is primarily adults with diagnoses ranging from depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders to post-traumatic stress disorder, postpartum depression, addictions, and personality disorders. Her experiences are vast, as she has provided services in multiple settings including detention centers, residential facilities, and in private practice since 2011.
Angela is passionate about helping individuals with complex trauma and is particularly passionate about the mind-body connection and the use of ketamine to enhance healing.
Current Interests
Angela spends her free time investing in her own mental and physical health through weightlifting and riding her Peloton, meditation, connecting with nature through hiking and gardening, caring for her animals, and participating in her own EMDR-KAP therapy.
Angela has a miniature dachshund, two dachshund mix rescues and a Belgian Malinois, all of whom are her best buddies and take up much of her time!
Integrative Psychotherapy
Angela's person-centered approach to mental health care is dynamic and integrative. Although trained in DBT and EMDR, she pulls from other therapies/techniques based on the particular needs of her client. Angela believes that the core of counseling is built on a solid foundation consisting of a trusting, safe, and authentic relationship with your therapist. She believes in treating the entire person, not just a diagnosis; therefore, she incorporates nutrition coaching, meditation practice, and physical movement as part of treatment planning.
Angela also draws from Person-Centered Theory, Family Systems Theories, Humanistic-Existentialism, and Transpersonal Theories.
Angela's clients learn mindfulness and meditation, holistic self-care, and self-advocacy skills, and there remains a consistent focus on making meaning, developing a life worth living, and learning to transcend suffering.
Telemental Health
Telemental health is an effective, efficient option for mental health counseling. The use of videoconferencing technology allows clients to have access to care regardless of their location, time constraints and any privacy concerns about visiting a therapy clinic. Your journey to wellness and access to your therapist is just one click away!
Life and Wellness Coaching
Bringing it all together for Optimal Wellness
Angela has spent the last 17 years developing relationships with individuals seeking to improve their quality of life. Although trained as a clinical counselor, Angela ascribes to a holistic approach to healing and believes that balancing movement with stillness and incorporating nourishing foods into your diet are vital to overall wellness. Her own journey with wellness involved understanding the impact of these factors on autoimmune diseases, as she was diagnosed with three autoimmune conditions in the last 10 years. Her desire to understand natural healing led to extensive training, research, and understanding in the role of nutrition and movement in our lives. Additionally, Angela is a former competitor and spends her free time lifting weights, running, cycling, and practicing a structured approach to eating so her body can function at an optimal level. She brings all of her experience and training to her practice and works collaboratively with you to develop a plan tailored to your level of understanding, flexibility, and overall goals.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT is an evidence-based psychotherapy rooted in cognitive behavior therapy. Dialectics is the premise that two opposing ideas can exist and be true at the same time. Clients learn to adapt behavior while cognitively integrating the practice of dialectics. Evidence reflects that DBT is useful in treating individuals with difficulty managing emotions and other self-destructive behaviors, such as eating disorders and substance abuse, personality disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The mindfulness component of DBT integrates meditation practice, which has been shown useful in treating a variety of diagnosis.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Angela is a certified Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist partnered with Journey Clinical.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, "Currently, ketamine is the only legal psychedelic medicine available to mental health providers for the treatment of emotional suffering. Over the past several years, ketamine has come into psychiatric use as an intervention for treatment resistant depression (TRD). Ketamine can benefit patients with a wide variety of diagnoses when administered with psychotherapy and using its psychedelic properties. Its proven safety over decades of use makes it ideal for office and supervised at-home use. The unique experience that ketamine facilitates with its biological, experiential, and psychological impacts has been tailored to optimize office-based treatment evolving into a method that we call Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)." (Source: NIMH https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30917760/)
Overview of Skills Learned in Therapy
Mindfulness
The practice of being fully aware and present in this moment.
Distress Tolerance
Learning to tolerate pain in difficult situations.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
The art of asking for what you want and saying no while maintaining self respect and relationships with others.
Emotion Regulation
Learning to both accept and change difficult emotions.
Services Offered
Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Couples Counseling
Group Skills Training
Parenting Coaching
DBT Crisis Coaching
Life and Wellness Coaching
LPC Intern Supervision
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
All services are offered via Telehealth.
Good Faith Estimate
I do not currently accept insurance. At your request, I am happy to provide you with a "superbill" to submit to your insurance for receiving "Out of Network" benefits. I CANNOT guarantee reimbursement from your insurance company. I do not participate in single case agreements. You are responsible for submitting all necessary paperwork to your insurance company for potential reimbursement.
Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Services Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request, or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a "Good Faith Estimate" of expected charges.
You have the right to receive a "Good Faith Estimate" explaining how much your medical care will cost you.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who do not have insurance or who are choosing to not use their insurance, an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.
*You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate" for the total expected cost of any non-
emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs,
equipment, and hospital fees.
*Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least one
business day before any medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider,
and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or
service.
*If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute
the bill.
*Make sure to save a copy of the Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about
your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises
***While it is difficult to estimate approximately how many therapy sessions you will need prior to a formal meeting, in accordance with the Good Faith Estimate, your initial session fee is $215.00. You and your provider will determine the estimated length and cost of treatment during this initial session and you will be provided with a written estimate at that time.***