About Andrea
Andrea Schmidt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Clinical Social Worker (CSW) based in Colorado with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship or parenting stress. Andrea focuses on making therapy practical and understandable for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
She emphasizes learning why we act and react the way we do. That awareness helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Then Andrea works with clients to try different ways of thinking and responding that fit their goals. Her style is relational and client-centered. She listens first, and guides conversations so clients feel heard.
Sessions include straightforward, solution-focused strategies aimed at everyday challenges and progress toward clear goals. Andrea uses techniques that encourage self-reflection and actionable change. She helps people evaluate thoughts, challenge distortions, and practice new behaviors.
For substance use concerns she blends motivational approaches with practical planning to support change. People who reach out can expect a direct yet compassionate approach. Andrea invites willingness to try different habits and supports clients as they take responsibility for change.
She focuses on reducing isolation, shame, and guilt while building self-respect and clearer choices.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Andrea often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-oriented, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize listening and shaping sessions around each person's priorities, which helps people feel understood and engaged.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Andrea works collaboratively to match strategies to each person's goals and preferences, adjusting methods as progress is reviewed. She encourages clients to try techniques between sessions and brings those experiences back into planning and goal-setting.
Online work can be flexible and convenient. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or workday check-in when video isn't possible. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or use brief, focused support when needed. These options help people keep therapy consistent with everyday life while trying new ways of thinking and behaving.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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