Andria Howard, LPC-MHSP

Andria Howard is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) practicing in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and LGBT concerns. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping clients take small steps toward feeling better.

She believes the client is the expert on their own life and builds on the person’s existing strengths. Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Andria uses clear tools to reduce overwhelming thoughts and improve daily functioning.

Andria draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods to offer empathic listening and to follow what each person brings to the room. Dialectical behavior ideas and mindfulness practices are available for emotion regulation and stress management.

For people with trauma, she incorporates approaches aimed at processing painful memories and reducing their impact on daily life. Treatment plans adapt to each person’s history and immediate needs, and Andria focuses on manageable steps rather than big changes all at once.

She has five years of experience in community mental health settings and works with adults across a range of issues, including some complex or co-occurring concerns. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit a client’s schedule through online formats or phone communication.

How Andria blends approaches for online care

Andria commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, validation, and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person sitting across from the clinician.

She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy when intense emotions need practical skills. DBT techniques teach concrete coping tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be practiced between sessions and discussed online.

Selecting the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone calls work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for brief updates or to reflect between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and support ongoing work regardless of location.