About Andrea
Andrea McPherson Mendes helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life changes. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with experience supporting people through painful life events. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at making it easier to talk about hard things.
She keeps sessions simple and focused. Andrea aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
Background and approach
She encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels realistic and steady. Andrea has 17 years of experience working with these issues and related concerns like attachment wounds, abandonment, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and loneliness. That background gives her a wide practical view of how these problems can overlap in everyday life.
In sessions she listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and helps them try different ways of responding. Conversations include learning new coping skills, practicing clearer communication, and naming painful emotions so they lose some power. She supports people as they rebuild self-trust and a sense of purpose.
Andrea is licensed in Arizona and Colorado as an LPC. She offers sessions in English and works online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Andrea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on making daily life more manageable. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches tools for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to fears. These techniques help reduce avoidance and build confidence facing difficult situations.Another approach centers on processing trauma and painful memories at a pace the person can tolerate. This involves naming what happened, understanding how it still affects thoughts and behavior, and building new ways to respond. That work supports recovery from post-traumatic stress, abuse, and losses.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means adjustments over time based on what feels helpful and what does not.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video calls work well for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while working with a licensed professional.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Colorado
- Languages
- English