About Andrea
Andrea Hickle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She supports individuals dealing with low motivation, depression, self-esteem struggles, and career-related concerns. Andrea creates a warm, open space where people can feel heard and start making practical changes.
Andrea brings seven years of experience from hospitals, schools, and independent practice. That range of settings informs how she sees the impact of environment and relationships on mental health.
Background and approach
She emphasizes straightforward strategies that fit into everyday life. She has a strong background in adoption and foster care and in blended family issues. Andrea helps people navigate transitions, identity questions, and building trust after change.
Communication and connection are central themes in this work. Her approach blends client-centered listening with skills-based tools. She uses methods aimed at shifting thoughts and behaviors, building emotion regulation, and increasing motivation.
Sessions focus on concrete steps you can try between meetings. Andrea describes reaching out for help as an act of bravery. She aims to meet people where they are and walk alongside them toward their goals.
Her style is practical, compassionate, and focused on helping clients find clearer paths forward.
How Andrea’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It means sessions begin by following the client’s lead, clarifying goals, and responding to what matters most to them. This approach helps people who want an understanding space to talk through stress and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often involves setting small tasks between sessions and tracking progress, which can help with anxiety, low motivation, and mood shifts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds practical emotion-regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will discuss options and help choose methods that fit each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. The decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can fit quick reflections or when scheduling is tight. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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