Andrea Brown, LPC

Andrea Brown is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 17 years in the mental health field. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, anger, bipolar challenges, and major life changes. Her approach aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who may be overwhelmed.

Andrea's background includes work in residential programs, partial care, outpatient clinics, crisis services, and in-home care. That range gives her experience with varying levels of need and many kinds of problems. She has particular experience with anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, and trauma, and has also supported people dealing with substance use and intellectual or developmental disabilities.

She uses a person-centered way of working, starting where each person is and building the plan from there. Andrea commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape practical, goal-focused work. These tools are used as fits the person's goals rather than applied the same way for everyone.

In session she aims to be warm and supportive while offering honest challenge when it will help progress. She emphasizes a working relationship built on trust and clear goals. Sessions focus on steps a person can try between meetings and ways to measure small changes over time.

People who reach out usually begin with a short matching process and then schedule sessions that fit their life. Andrea works with clients by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits each person best.

How Andrea uses therapy approaches online

Andrea commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. CBT often includes small, practical homework tasks to try between sessions and clear goals to track progress.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which puts the person's experiences and priorities first and makes sessions driven by what the client feels is most important. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes treatment around their goals. Mindfulness therapy is used to build present-moment awareness and pause automatic reactions, which can be helpful for stress, anger, and trauma-related symptoms.

Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Andrea works collaboratively with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something is not working or if priorities change.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different practical needs. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when connection and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick access between meetings and can help people keep momentum with brief updates or exercises. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a daily routine while using the approaches described above.