About Andrea
Andrea Gahagan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She works with adults facing mood difficulties, substance use concerns, relationship strain, or struggles with self-esteem and body image. Her tone is warm and direct and she aims to make sessions feel respectful and nonjudgmental.
Andrea uses clear, practical talk in sessions. She listens first, then helps people set small, realistic goals.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what is happening now and on skills that can help between meetings. Her background includes three years working in mental health and substance use settings. That experience means she is familiar with depression, trauma, addiction, and related issues like panic or obsessive thoughts.
She adapts approaches to fit each person rather than using the same plan for everyone. In practice she draws on client-centered methods to follow a person's lead and build trust. She pairs that with cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT-informed skills to manage strong emotions.
She also uses solution-focused and motivational techniques to set achievable steps forward. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Andrea works to create a space where people can talk honestly about grief, compulsions, parenting stress, or burnout.
She frames the work around small changes that add up over time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following each person's priorities. In practice this means the therapist asks about what matters most to you and shapes conversations around your goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. These skills are commonly used for anxiety, panic, and mood challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. That collaborative process may combine listening-based techniques with skill-building from CBT so you can try what helps most in your daily life.
Online formats include video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions let you have a deeper conversational experience similar to in-person meetings. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when being off-camera helps you focus. Live chat and text-based messaging are flexible for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or working through quick coping strategies between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or times when in-person visits are difficult.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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