About Andrew
Dr. Andrew Mendonsa is a clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He provides direct, practical support for common life problems.
He aims to help clients reduce overwhelm and regain a sense of control. He draws on many approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on what matters now - coping skills, clearer thinking, and workable steps toward goals.
He often addresses concerns around self-esteem, depression, sleep, grief, addiction, and relationship or intimacy challenges.
Background and approach
Mendonsa's background spans community mental health, addiction services, work inside the criminal justice system, and consulting with high-wealth and corporate clients. That mix has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style that balances practical tools with attention to personal values and attachment patterns. He brings 22 years of clinical practice and holds psychologist licenses in California and Colorado.
People who seek his help include those facing career transitions, caregiver stress, parenting strain, chronic health challenges, and the emotional fallout from trauma or loss. He also works with people exploring sexual identity, kink, and alternative relationship styles, and with those coping with problematic sexual behaviors who want to change patterns without shame. Therapy with Mendonsa is collaborative.
He helps clients set concrete goals and builds a plan to meet them. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled using the site's matching and booking process.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take meaningful steps in that direction, even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and structured feedback; it often helps with worry, sleep problems, and mood shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily life. The plan can blend approaches and shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow a more traditional conversation and eye contact, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, short live chats are useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to make regular care more flexible and accessible for different schedules and preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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