About Andrea
Andrea Alli is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Vermont with 10 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, sleep problems, self-esteem struggles, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Andrea also works with obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and phobias.
She begins by listening and learning about each person’s needs, strengths, and goals. Sessions focus on practical steps the client can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Andrea keeps language plain and gives clear options so people know what to expect. Her style is collaborative and calm. She draws on client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to the person in front of her.
Mindfulness and somatic practices are used to help people notice where tension shows up in the body and to build simple skills for coping. For trauma-related concerns Andrea may incorporate trauma-focused work and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, adapting the pace to the client’s comfort.
She aims to help people reduce the grip of past events and make choices that fit their current life. Andrea values respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session. She invites clients to identify small, realistic steps toward their goals and checks in about what is or isn’t working.
The process is steady and practical, focused on helping people move forward.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's own goals and pace. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps people name what matters most so sessions move in a useful direction. This approach works well for worries, stress, and relationship concerns where the main task is understanding and planning.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories. In sessions it uses structured processing and can be adapted to the online setting with careful pacing and clear preparation. EMDR can be helpful for trauma, abuse, and other distressing memories.
Mindfulness and somatic techniques help people notice physical signs of anxiety and stress and learn small exercises to calm the body and mind. These practices can be taught and practiced during video or phone sessions and reinforced with short exercises between meetings.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their history, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. The plan can change over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe facial expression and body language. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief skill coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same clinical approaches available in person.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Vermont
- Languages
- English
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