Andrea Vadnais, LCSW

Andrea Vadnais is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma. She works from Oklahoma and brings five years of clinical experience to sessions. Andrea aims to make the first steps of getting help feel manageable and straightforward for busy parents and individuals.

Her sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with trauma-focused work to reduce overwhelming thoughts and reactions. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about relationships and how early patterns affect current behavior.

Andrea also draws on Internal Family Systems ideas to help people notice different parts of themselves - the protective parts and the more vulnerable parts - and learn kinder ways to respond. This can be useful for managing shame, guilt, or strong emotional reactions after difficult experiences.

She has experience working in medical and community settings, and that background shapes a practical, down-to-earth style. Sessions often include clear goals, skill practice, and short-term strategies as well as deeper work when it feels right.

Andrea invites people to notice their own strengths while they work through challenges. The focus is on usable tools, clearer communication, and steadier coping during life changes and parenting stresses.

CBT and Trauma-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Andrea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing anxiety, stress, and mood changes. CBT sessions typically focus on identifying thoughts, testing them, and practicing new behaviors that reduce distress.

She also offers Trauma-Focused Therapy to address reactions that follow difficult or hurtful events. This approach helps people process memories and learn coping strategies to reduce intense emotional or physical responses linked to trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and personal preferences. Together they set goals and try approaches for a few sessions, then adjust based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video or phone can allow longer therapy work and real-time conversations, while live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when someone needs a quick way to connect without being on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules, work breaks, or varied daily routines.