About Andrea
Andrea Bray Ryan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who works with people facing stress and anxiety. She offers calm, steady support and practical tools to help manage overwhelming emotions and get back to daily life. Andrea draws on several approaches to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Trauma-Focused and mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity and build grounding skills.
Background and approach
Sessions often include coping strategies, relaxation exercises, and ways to improve mood and relationships. Her background includes work in a behavioral hospital with both inpatient and outpatient clients, followed by years in independent counseling practice. That range of settings informs her understanding of complex challenges and co-occurring concerns like mood swings, addiction, or grief.
Andrea emphasizes collaboration. She helps people notice strengths, practice new skills, and integrate changes into everyday routines. Practical methods such as breathing, body-awareness exercises, and self-regulation skills are commonly used in sessions to support coping and recovery.
She frames therapy as a shared journey rather than a checklist of problems. People can expect a respectful, non-judgmental space focused on their goals and paced to what they can manage. Andrea aims to help clients find steady ways forward through life changes and difficult experiences.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Andrea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that keep anxiety and depression active. CBT sessions often include practical homework, simple behavior experiments, and step-by-step skills to reduce worry and improve mood.She also integrates Trauma-Focused methods and mindfulness practices to address past hurts and reduce emotional reactivity. Trauma-focused work often centers on building safety, learning grounding and regulation skills, and processing difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable. Mindfulness techniques teach present-moment awareness and gentle attention to body and breath to reduce stress and improve focus.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting strategies as progress is made. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to individual needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still accessing licensed professionals and consistent support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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