About Andrew
Andrew Merritt is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 20 years of experience to his work. He practices from Oklahoma and aims to make therapy direct and understandable. He focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and relationship or parenting concerns.
He speaks plainly and uses questions to help people notice patterns that get in the way. He often explores unhelpful beliefs and gently challenges ideas that make coping harder.
Background and approach
He also helps people learn new skills for managing anger, sleep problems, attention challenges, or mood shifts. His background includes time living in several U.S. states and abroad, which shaped his appreciation for cultural variety. He holds a master’s degree in counseling and is licensed as an LPC in Oklahoma and Colorado.
Those experiences inform his flexible approach in sessions. Sessions may address practical goals like improving communication, returning to work, handling compassion fatigue, or navigating life changes. He works with individuals and with couples, and he has experience supporting people facing serious mental health challenges.
Andrew combines gentle challenge with skill-building. He helps people spot how habits and family patterns influence daily life, then practices new ways of responding. The aim is clearer choices and more reliable coping over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Two approaches he commonly uses are trauma-focused cognitive behavioral work and cognitive processing techniques. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral work helps people break down troubling memories and reactions into manageable steps, while cognitive processing techniques focus on identifying and changing thoughts that keep someone stuck. Both approaches aim to reduce overwhelming reactions and build more helpful thinking and behavior patterns.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, experiences, and preferences, then pick or mix methods to match those needs. That collaboration helps make sure the work feels relevant and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or a busy schedule.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Colorado
- Languages
- English