Therapist profile
Andrea Schmidt, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- CBT and DBT informed
About Andrea
Andrea Schmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) working in Florida with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, dealing with anxiety, managing addiction, struggling with anger or depression, and navigating parenting challenges. She also offers support for grief, sleep problems, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, and stress from caregiving.
Her style is straightforward and conversational. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. Andrea uses client-centered work so the person's experience guides the session. She often integrates cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Andrea also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness approaches when people need skills for emotion regulation and tolerating distress. Narrative techniques are used at times to help people reframe life events and personal stories. The mix of approaches depends on what someone brings to a session.
People meet her to talk through specific problems, build coping skills, or sort priorities when life feels overwhelming. She aims to help clients identify small, workable changes that fit day-to-day life. Conversations are practical and paced to what feels manageable for each person.
Her background includes a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling and many years of direct clinical work in Florida. Andrea offers support in English and does not work with international clients. To begin, a short questionnaire helps match needs before scheduling a first session.
How sessions work
How Andrea’s approaches fit into online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in the room. It helps people clarify priorities and feel heard while they consider next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and offers tools to change patterns that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or parenting-related stress.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try first and adjust them over time. She aims to balance skills practice with conversational exploration so people can test what helps in day-to-day life.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow short check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use less bandwidth options if video is difficult. The focus is on making therapy fit practical needs while working through parenting stress, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, or mood and anxiety problems.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people with parenting stress, blended family issues, communication problems, and family conflict. Other related topics include caregiving stress and divorce and separation.
How does Andrea work in session?
Her approach is conversational and practical. She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral and skills-based methods to develop concrete coping steps.
How much experience does she have?
Andrea has 14 years of clinical experience working with concerns such as depression, anxiety, addictions, ADHD, and parenting challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, abbreviated as FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Please check which formats are offered when you schedule.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.