- Client-centered care
- CBT and skills
- Adoption and foster care
About Andrea
Andrea Deases is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on listening first and helping people find practical steps forward. She uses simple, direct conversation to help people reduce anxiety, manage mood changes, and handle stressful life events. Andrea writes plainly and offers calm, steady support for parents and adults who are looking for clearer ways to cope.
Andrea earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler and holds a Texas LPC. She has five years of counseling experience in a range of settings across Texas. That work has included crisis centers, community counseling, and outpatient care where she supported people during intense depression, bipolar episodes, and other severe struggles.
She draws from client-centered therapy to make sessions feel like a partnership. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify patterns of thinking and shift unhelpful habits. Dialectical behavior ideas and mindfulness practices offer skills for managing strong emotions and staying present.
Andrea also brings narrative and solution-focused methods into sessions to help people reframe their stories and set achievable goals. She has experience addressing attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, sexual assault and abuse, grief, and workplace stress. Sessions aim to be practical, down-to-earth, and focused on small changes that add up.
People who choose Andrea can expect straightforward feedback, collaborative goal-setting, and a focus on skills they can use between sessions. She works in English and practices in Texas under her LPC credential.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Andrea commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and collaboration so clients set the pace and goals for change. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thinking patterns and builds concrete strategies to change behaviors and moods.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy ideas and mindfulness techniques to teach emotional regulation and present-moment awareness, which can be useful for intense emotions or mood instability. The therapist will work together with each person to figure out which approach or mix of approaches fits best based on symptoms, goals, and personal style.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and narrative work to a remote setting so skills are practiced between meetings and progress is tracked over time.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Andrea help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders such as bipolar, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, and issues related to adoption and foster care.
What is Andrea's general approach in sessions?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, using cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused methods to set goals and teach skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Andrea has five years of counseling experience working in crisis centers, community counseling, and outpatient settings across Texas.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Andrea?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.