About Clatoyia
Clatoyia Andrews is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and trauma. She supports individuals coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Clatoyia brings five years of hands-on experience to her work in North Carolina.
Her approach is relaxed and down-to-earth. She focuses on listening first and finding practical steps that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill building, problem-solving, and attention to strengths that already exist. Clatoyia has worked across many settings. She has offered individual skill-building for people with serious mental illness, led groups in school settings, and provided brief psychotherapy in emergency room and telephonic care.
That variety shapes how she tailors support for different needs. She uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused therapy, and strengths-based therapy. Those methods help with changing unhelpful thoughts, managing strong feelings, building coping skills, and setting short-term goals.
Clatoyia earned a Master of Social Work from Norfolk State University in 2016. Her listed credentials include MD, Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C), and LCSW. She aims to meet people where they are and adjust her approach to what works best as they work together.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Clatoyia uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and habits that get in the way of daily life. She also integrates mindfulness practices to help manage strong emotions and reduce stress through present-moment awareness.She blends solution-focused and strengths-based work to set short-term goals and build on what already works for you. Those methods focus on small, practical steps and on identifying abilities you can use to solve current problems. Deciding which approaches to use is a collaborative process and she will work with each person to find a fit based on goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into busy lives. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual rapport. Phone sessions can be a low-bandwidth option or fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or moment-to-moment skill practice. These options are intended to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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