Angela Riesterer

My clients describe me as:

My clients would likely say that sitting with me feels safe and comforting. I am gentle but direct. I get to the heart of things. We laugh (and cry).

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a human being that is passionate about the work of helping people. My origins and interest in this work was birthed by own trauma and pain. Healing and transformation IS possible. My deepest longing is to help others become free and empowered.

Together, we will:

Identify that areas of your life that are bringing you pain and suffering. We will gently and courageously take an honest look at what IS. We will move and act with radical acceptance and radical honesty and move towards freedom and healing together.

I specialize in working with people who:

are in deep emotional pain and suffering in their relationships and individual lives. Maybe there is addiction. Maybe there's been betrayal, abandonment, infidelity. Maybe there has been a loss of self and its time to know and BE who you really are.

I became a therapist because:

I am intimately acquainted with suffering and pain and I know how therapy helped me as a young adult when I felt desperate and hopeless.

Something that stands out about where I offer therapy is:

My office is in downtown Vancouver, Washington state in the old Historic Heritage building. The suite number is 202.

More about me and my practice:

I named my practice "Venture Free" because of the passion and vision I have always carried for freedom for myself and others. I recogize the profound impact of perpetual bondage, opression and feeling paralyzed in self and in life to move forward.