About Andrea
Andrea Deases is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support. She listens first and helps people set small, realistic goals. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making changes that matter to daily life.
Andrea has five years of counseling experience in Texas. She earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler. Her background includes work in crisis settings and community counseling centers where she helped people in intense and stressful situations.
Background and approach
She works with many common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, anger, and mood disorders including bipolar. Andrea also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, sexual assault, attachment or adoption-related issues, workplace stress, and life transitions. She helps clients clarify purpose and build self-love over time.
Her approach blends client-centered care with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused methods. Sessions typically focus on identifying helpful thoughts and behaviors, learning coping skills, and practicing small changes between visits. Andrea explains things plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable.
She works collaboratively to set achievable steps and checks in on progress. The goal is steady improvement people can notice in daily life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experiences and priorities, with the therapist offering empathy and guidance while the client leads the pace and goals. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to be heard and to set personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood concerns because it breaks problems into small, workable steps and homework that can be practiced between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides tools for managing intense emotions and improving coping skills. It includes mindfulness and distress-tolerance techniques that help people regulate strong feelings and reduce impulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and personal preferences. That may mean using one approach or combining techniques over time to see what helps most.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, caregiving, or other routines and support consistent progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English