- Client-Centered Therapy
- Grief and loss
- Relationship strain
About Andrea
Andrea Reynolds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and life transitions, and she also addresses guilt and shame when those feelings come up.
Andrea keeps sessions grounded and relational. She invites clients to tell their story and listens without judgment. She uses practical conversation, moments of humor, and an easy rapport to help people untangle painful thoughts and feelings.
Her background includes work with people experiencing mood disorders, depression, and anxiety. She has supported clients who’ve faced tragic loss and those navigating substance-related concerns. Over time she focuses on strengthening connections with self and others to support everyday functioning.
Andrea draws on Client-Centered Therapy as a guiding approach. In session she emphasizes understanding each person’s perspective and responding to what matters most to them. She also incorporates evidence-informed techniques aimed at improving emotion regulation and relationship patterns when useful.
People meet with Andrea to talk through communication challenges, attachment concerns, control issues, isolation, social anxiety, and building more self-acceptance. Sessions are conversational, practical, and paced to each person’s needs. To begin, readers should confirm current session options before booking.
She offers care in English and practices in Illinois as an LCSW. The site’s booking flow includes a short matching questionnaire to help connect someone to a first session.
How Andrea's approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to what matters most to a person. In practice this means sessions emphasize the client's perspective, clarifying feelings like guilt or shame and naming what is most distressing. This approach is helpful for relational issues, identity concerns, and feelings that come from painful past experiences.Andrea also uses conversational techniques that help people notice and shift unhelpful emotional patterns. These techniques support work on anxiety, mood regulation, and communication problems by practicing new ways of seeing and describing difficult moments. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit the person's immediate concerns and goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with clients to try methods, adjust focus, and choose pacing based on needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talking through painful guilt or shame can be done in a conversational way that fits regular life responsibilities, and Andrea will help shape session length and focus to match practical constraints.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame does she address?
She works with guilt and shame tied to relationships, decisions, identity, and past choices as part of broader concerns like grief or depression.
How does she approach feelings of guilt in sessions?
Her style is relational and conversational, encouraging clients to tell their story while she reflects and helps reframe unhelpful thinking.
What experience does she have with mood and grief issues?
She has six years of clinical experience supporting people with depression, mood disorders, anxiety, and those who have experienced significant loss.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices there.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.