Andrea Aurino, LMSW

Andrea Aurino is a licensed social worker who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people through hard transitions. She brings 25 years of clinical experience in Michigan and focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. Andrea keeps sessions straightforward so people can start making changes quickly.

Her approach centers on helping people understand how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with narrative and solution-focused methods to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions often include setting clear goals and practicing new skills between meetings.

Andrea has long experience supporting people who face complicated family history, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and the effects of domestic violence or abandonment. She also helps those dealing with workplace pressure, first responder stress, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.

People can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through communication problems, codependency, control issues, or ongoing feelings of emptiness. Andrea emphasizes practical coping strategies for daily life and tools to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

She offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are organized through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and appointments are scheduled once a short matching questionnaire is completed.

Using CBT and Narrative Techniques Online

Andrea commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns that increase anxiety or depression and to practice new behaviors that lead to relief. CBT sessions often focus on small, doable experiments and skills you can use between meetings.

She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe personal stories and make space for strengths and new meanings. This approach can be helpful for those working through family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, or experiences of abandonment.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrea will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay focused and useful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people send updates or questions between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same therapeutic methods as in-person care.