
Welcome!
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE
Specializing in Affirming Care for all individuals, partners, and groups with an awareness of intersecting identities that make up the whole of a person.
What We Do
Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Services, LLC was created with the mission of serving individuals, couples, and families by increasing a feeling of connection with themselves as well as in their relationships with others. This mission has been dynamic and has grown with the times and our clients since opening in 2019. We've survived a pandemic, racial and political unrest, recessions and job and housing crises and we still are working to meet the needs of our diverse clientele while also protecting our energy as clinicians to do this important work. We remain dedicated to helping people from the most marginalized to those with privilege and everywhere along the contininuum of human feel a sense of purpose. We help people work toward goals to feel more connected, rested, fulfilled and emotionally and financially stable to pursue the passions one desires.
We specialize in centering marginalization with an awareness that privilege comes in many forms. As such we are committed to understanding the unique stories of our clients and the strengths they have developed from their experiences. People are complex and we pride ourselves in checking assumptions at the door and leading with an open heart and kindness. We support diverse populations around issues such as perfectionism, identity development including intersectionality of identity and other parts of self, relationship challenges, work-life balance and career struggles, all through a trauma-informed lens. We recognize that these issues often manifest with symptoms of anxiety, depression, addiction, financial worries such as debt and over spending, grief, sleep issues and insomnia, and poor relationships with food. These are all areas that we assist individuals in understanding better, coping with, and managing in positive ways. Our primary goal is to help you get to a place where you feel they can thrive and be your best self!​
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About Us
Acceptance, Inclusivity, Authenticity, Connection
Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Services, LLC is a Black, Queer, Woman Owned Mental Health Private Practice that provides Telehealth counseling and psychological services to clients throughout the state of Florida. We emphasize seeing the whole of a person and all their intersecting identities, values and concerns. Under the gaze of social justice, inclusivity and authenticity we hope to meet each individual at their present places of struggle, distress, and/or pain in addition to celebrating in their successes and triumphs as they embrace the constant change of life's many mysteries.

Hi, I'm Dr. Angela Koivula and this is my practice.
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Licensure: Licensed Psychologist, PY 9897 (FL)
Specialty Training: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and Pain, Trauma
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Contact Us
You may also send us an email to request services. Please provide only brief details and know that email is not a secure way to communicate. Please give us 48 hours to get back with you, longer if you reach out over the weekend. Your interest is important to us, but we are a small practice.

