About Andrea
Andrea Bragdon uses a warm, person-centered approach grounded in mindfulness and practical strategies. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC with seven years of counseling experience. Andrea speaks English and works with people from Florida and beyond, including international clients.
Andrea helps people facing relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and trauma. She also supports those working through life changes, parenting challenges, career questions, intimacy-related concerns, and issues related to sexual identity.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include body image, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics. In sessions she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. Andrea keeps therapy practical and relatable.
She uses gentle humor and straightforward conversation to make hard topics easier to talk about. Her background includes work with people who have experienced emotional, sexual, or physical trauma and a variety of family-of-origin issues. Andrea adapts plans to each person's needs and pace, combining talk-based tools with exercises people can try between sessions.
She offers video calls, phone appointments, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. New clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
How mindful and action-oriented approaches work online
Andrea often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy in her online practice. ACT focuses on clarifying values, learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and taking committed steps toward a meaningful life; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathy and listening, creating space for people to find their own answers and build self-awareness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust strategies over time, and mix practical exercises with reflective conversation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Maine
- Languages
- English