About Andrew
Andrew Wynkoop is a licensed clinical social worker who offers short-term, practical therapy focused on everyday problems. He speaks plainly and aims to make sessions easy to follow for someone feeling stressed or overwhelmed. He draws on three years of professional experience in North Carolina settings that included schools and community programs.
That background shaped his approach to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and stress. He also supports people facing LGBT concerns, family difficulties, and adjustment after adoption or foster care experiences.
Background and approach
In sessions he uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build coping skills and try new ways of responding to problems. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what small steps feel doable next. He pays attention to communication patterns, feelings of isolation, guilt, and challenges with mood or impulsivity.
Andrew also addresses concerns tied to attachment, autism and Asperger syndrome, intellectual disability, and multicultural stressors. He helps people talk through family of origin issues, divorce and separation, and struggles with emptiness or shame. The tone is straightforward and practical, with time spent on real-life strategies.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, chat, or text messaging. To start, a short questionnaire is used to match needs and schedule sessions that fit individual routines.
Evidence-based approaches in online therapy
Andrew uses straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety and improve daily functioning. One approach focuses on learning practical coping skills for stress and anxiety - clients work on breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to reduce worry and avoidance. Another approach targets mood and self-esteem by identifying negative thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to shift how someone interprets events.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try a few methods, and adjust based on what feels useful. That process aims to match techniques to the person's needs and preferences rather than prescribing a single path from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video works well for conversation and nonverbal cues, phone is useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief ongoing work between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around school, work, or other commitments and to keep progress moving despite a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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