About Andrea
Andrea Kelliher uses an integrative, relationship-focused approach to help people manage anxiety and stress. She is Andrea Kelliher, BACP, and she blends talking therapies to suit each person's needs. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters now for daily life.
Andrea draws on client-centred listening alongside psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences affect current reactions. She also uses practical cognitive behavioural techniques when people want tools for managing panic, worry, low mood or anger.
Background and approach
The mix is shaped to fit each person's goals and pace. Her background includes an HN Access Diploma in Social Work and three years of professional counselling experience. Andrea has worked in the NHS with Talk Wandsworth and in independent practice, where she supported people with social anxiety, depression, grief and relationship challenges.
That variety informs her flexible style. In sessions she focuses on building a trusting relationship first. Then she helps clients name priorities and set achievable steps.
Work may include looking at unhelpful thought patterns, exploring attachment themes, or practising calming skills between sessions. People who come to Andrea often want clearer boundaries, relief from persistent worry, or help making sense of difficult past events. She encourages honest conversation and practical next steps to move towards a more manageable daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Andrea combines client-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques to meet practical needs. Client-centred work involves attentive listening and reflecting back what matters to you, which helps clarify feelings and goals. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, offers simple tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different responses, which can be helpful for anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of her work together with each person. Andrea will talk through your concerns and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. The choice is collaborative and can change as priorities shift or new issues emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or hands-free time is needed, and live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or a quieter way to share between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel, while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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