About Andrea
Andrea Russo helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and depression. She works with clients facing life changes, grief, self-esteem concerns, intimacy-related issues, career decisions, ADHD, and LGBT-related matters. Andrea is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Florida.
Her style is direct and empathetic. She aims to make sessions feel like a calm, judgment-free conversation. Andrea invites people to share what matters most and focuses on practical ways to reduce distress between sessions.
Background and approach
Andrea uses a mix of approaches that fit the person in front of her. She draws from client-centered work to prioritize the client's goals and from cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in sessions when they suit the client's needs.
Over about a decade of practice, Andrea has developed a straightforward way of working. She helps people set small, achievable goals and track progress. When life changes or grief make it hard to move forward, she points to concrete steps that restore calm and confidence.
People who choose Andrea can expect a collaborative approach. She listens first, then offers tools and experiments to try between meetings. The emphasis is on what helps in daily life, not on labels or long assessments.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Andrea often uses client-centered therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and focused on each person's priorities. This approach emphasizes listening and responding to what matters most, which helps when people are adjusting to changes or handling grief.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to shift patterns that cause distress. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and for improving coping with life and career stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Andrea will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their situation. If something isn't helping, she adjusts the plan so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are good for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat is helpful for short check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English