About Andrew
Andrew Scarbrough is a Minnesota psychologist who helps people manage anxiety and stress. He uses straightforward ways to reduce worry and improve day-to-day functioning. He has 16 years of experience and aims to make therapy practical and understandable.
He works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and attention differences such as ADHD. He also helps with substance use concerns, feelings of emptiness, and problems that come from family of origin.
Background and approach
His approach is drawn from several clinical traditions and is tailored to the person in front of him. Sessions focus on clear goals. He draws on techniques that change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and on approaches that help people make sense of their life story.
He pays attention to what a person prefers and how ready they are to try different methods. His style is practical and adaptive. Therapy can include shorter skill-focused work or deeper conversations about meaning and values.
People who want direct tools to manage symptoms and room to examine life patterns may find his approach useful. Andrew holds the designation MN Psychologist LP6150, which indicates his licensure in Minnesota. He provides services in English and offers several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based techniques that target thinking and behavior focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them in daily life. These methods teach specific skills for reducing worry, managing impulses, and changing routines that feed anxiety or substance use. They are useful for people wanting practical tools and measurable progress.Therapy that emphasizes understanding life patterns and meaning uses open-ended conversation to connect current problems to past experiences and values. This approach can help people make sense of relationship strain, feelings of emptiness, or recurring patterns that lead to anger and isolation. It works well alongside skills-based work when longer-term change is the goal.
Deciding which mix of approaches to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to identify goals, try methods that fit their preferences, and adjust the plan as needed. That way sessions stay relevant to the needs and pace of the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit quick check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule care around life responsibilities while keeping therapy focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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