About Andrea
Andrea Stokes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and low self-esteem. She uses a calm, person-centred approach that encourages clients to speak openly and at their own pace. Her style is warm and steady, aimed at making difficult topics easier to talk about.
Andrea trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor and also practises hypnotherapy. She brings eight years of experience to sessions and holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
She draws on these methods to support people coping with depression, grief and life changes. In sessions Andrea listens for what matters most to each person and helps them find practical ways forward. She offers space to process trauma, including sexual assault and abuse, and to work on panic, phobias and social anxiety.
She also addresses anger, relationship concerns, career strain, shame and loneliness. Therapy with Andrea can include short-term work on specific problems or longer-term exploration of self-worth and life purpose. She tailors conversations to the individual and uses hypnotherapy where it may help reduce anxiety or change unhelpful patterns.
Sessions are conversational and paced to each person’s needs. Andrea is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She accepts people from other countries and works through a mix of phone, video, chat and messaging options to suit different schedules and preferences.
How Andrea's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say and helps them find their own solutions. This approach is often used for anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries.Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to help change unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety. In sessions it can be used alongside talking therapy to support panic, phobias or smoking and vaping cessation.
Choosing the best approach is a joint process. Andrea will discuss goals and preferences and adapt techniques to suit the person. Together they agree what to try and check progress over time so the plan can change if needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when video is not possible, chat allows short check-ins and messaging fits people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties and different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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