About Andrea
Andrea Blatchley is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She offers a calm presence and practical guidance for everyday struggles. Andrea speaks in plain language and aims to make the first steps easier for people feeling stuck.
She draws on 15 years of clinical experience in California working with relationship strain, family and parenting concerns, and life transitions. Sessions focus on clear goals and useful skills rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Clients can expect straightforward conversations about what’s getting in the way and what might help next. Andrea uses client-centered methods to listen first and shape therapy around each person’s needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify thoughts and actions that maintain distress.
Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals and track progress between sessions. Her approach is practical and collaborative. She helps people practice new ways to communicate, handle control issues, and cope with anger or mood changes.
Career and self-esteem concerns are addressed with steps that fit real life. Andrea offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what works best. She works in English and sees clients located in California.
To start, a short matching questionnaire is used and appointments are scheduled based on therapist availability.
How Andrea’s approaches work online
Andrea uses client-centered therapy to begin. That means she listens carefully and helps people set the pace. This approach is useful when someone needs space to tell their story and feel understood.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps with anxiety, mood struggles, and managing unhelpful thinking by practicing new behaviors and reactions.
Solution-focused techniques are part of shorter-term work. Those sessions focus on specific, manageable goals and on steps a person can try between appointments to see change quickly.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which approach or combination to try and adjust it over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, parenting, or busy schedules. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work well when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick problem solving, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and practical for real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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