About Andria
Andria Howard is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) based in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and LGBT concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that feel doable for everyday life. She offers multiple online formats so sessions can fit into busy schedules.
She believes clients know their story best and brings a supportive, empowering presence to sessions. Conversations are guided by the client's goals and paced to match what feels safe and useful.
Background and approach
Andria uses straightforward tools to reduce anxiety and manage stress while also addressing deeper hurts when needed. Her approach draws on client-centered work that prioritizes what the client wants, cognitive behavioral techniques for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical skills for emotion regulation. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness practices when appropriate.
These methods are woven into sessions to match each person's needs. Andria has five years of professional experience, much of it in a community mental health setting. She has helped people cope with loss, work through trauma and abuse, and manage challenges tied to aging, autism, blended family issues, cancer, and other complex situations.
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling that fits the client's availability. She does not take international clients and works in English.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects, validates, and helps clients set goals so each session centers on the client's priorities and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses simple exercises to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help when strong reactions interfere with daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then recommend techniques that fit. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into varying schedules while using the clinical approaches described above.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Andria commonly address?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her background and experience?
Where does she practice and what credential does she hold?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available online?
How does payment and cost work?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.