About Andrea
Andrea Mcphatter is a licensed mental health counselor who uses a client-centered approach and cognitive behavioral techniques. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, and life changes. Andrea brings 15 years of experience and a straightforward, compassionate style to sessions.
She focuses on practical, everyday problems like panic attacks, social anxiety, trouble with communication, and the fallout from separation or loss. Andrea also helps people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about sexuality and life purpose.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make problems easier to understand and manage in daily life. Andrea trained and practices in Florida and also holds credentials in Virginia. She has worked across community mental health, independent practice, schools, and substance abuse settings.
That range shaped her flexible approach to different needs and schedules. Therapy is collaborative and tailored. Andrea listens first, then helps people set clear, manageable goals.
She uses simple skill-building exercises and thought-focused tools to reduce distress and improve coping. People who choose her often want straightforward support for stress, trauma, or relationship strain. Andrea encourages small steps that fit into busy lives.
She aims to help clients feel more steady, more connected to themselves, and better able to handle what comes next.
How client-centered and CBT work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist reflects what a person says and helps them find their own answers, which can be especially useful for working through shame, guilt, or decisions about relationships.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. It uses clear, practical exercises to reduce panic, social anxiety, and unhelpful thinking patterns, and it often includes homework you can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will discuss goals and preferences and then adapt techniques together so the plan fits the person's needs. That collaborative process helps clients try tools and pick what actually helps.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and full conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send brief updates, practice skills in the moment, or check in between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing day-to-day demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Virginia
- Languages
- English