About Andrea
Andrea Kelley is a licensed independent clinical social worker with eight years of practice experience. She offers a direct, practical approach to common concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship strain. Andrea speaks plainly and aims to make first steps in therapy feel manageable for someone reading on a phone.
Andrea earned a Master of Social Work and brings a public health perspective to individual care. She looks at both the personal and wider factors that shape a person's life.
Background and approach
Early in her career she worked with youth and families connected to the state's welfare and mental health services. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - is a central part of her work. She helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions influence one another and practices simple ways to shift unhelpful patterns.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy are also used to build momentum and practical goals. She often helps people navigating grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, hoarding concerns, and young adult issues. Andrea also supports people dealing with burnout and compassion fatigue and those processing major life changes.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, focused on small, usable steps. Andrea encourages open communication about the fit between therapist and client. If something does not feel right, she invites discussion and, when needed, will help find a better match so the work can move forward.
How Andrea Uses Practical Approaches in Online Therapy
Andrea often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people understand how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and to practice concrete changes that reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. Motivational Interviewing is used to build readiness and find personal reasons for change, which can be helpful for things like improving routines or addressing hoarding behaviors.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Andrea works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to share what helps and what doesn’t so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break during the day or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can be good for brief check-ins or when someone prefers typed communication. These formats make it easier to keep therapy flexible and fit it into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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