About Andrea
Andrea Stott is a counsellor with 12 years' experience helping people cope with trauma, addiction and problems that stem from a difficult childhood. She also supports people facing complex grief, loss and relationship difficulties. Andrea is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the BACP.
Andrea uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people make changes. She listens for patterns from past experience that still affect day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Sessions look at what causes distress now and what small steps can reduce it. Her background includes postgraduate study in cognitive behavioural approaches and other therapeutic training that inform her work. Andrea blends different ways of helping so the approach fits each person rather than following a single formula.
People come for help with anxiety, depression, stress and issues such as ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, and addiction. She also works with those dealing with bereavement, caregiver strain, chronic illness and attachment-related concerns. Andrea aims to make sessions manageable and focused.
She often uses short, goal-focused tasks between meetings. The aim is to build coping tools, reduce distressing symptoms and improve everyday functioning in ways that suit each person's life.
How Andrea's approaches translate to online therapy
Andrea commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking committed action even when emotions are hard, which can help with anxiety, avoidance and grief. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a supportive, listening relationship where people feel heard and understood, useful for processing trauma and attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical tasks to reduce unhelpful patterns, often helping with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Andrea will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to different methods. She adapts tools and the pace of therapy so sessions fit what you need, and checks in regularly to make adjustments.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets you have face-to-face conversation from wherever you are. Phone sessions can be easier when you prefer not to be on camera or need shorter check-ins. Live chat or messaging can suit people who want brief, frequent contact or who find writing easier than speaking. These options help make therapy fit around work, childcare and day-to-day life.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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