Andrea Stocker, LCSW

Andrea Stocker is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience in social services. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people manage strong emotions and everyday challenges.

Andrea draws on work in group homes, homeless services, housing programs, a prison setting, and community health. That range shaped a practical, down-to-earth style. She aims to help people make small changes that feel doable.

Sessions focus on problems like depression, anxiety, anger, addiction, grief, and stress from life changes. She also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping struggles, self-esteem and career concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue. Intimacy-related and relationship difficulties are included among her areas of focus.

Andrea describes her approach as sex positive and inclusive. She is comfortable talking about issues related to alternative relationships, the LGBTQ+ community, and kink and BDSM culture. She follows a Health at Every Size perspective when addressing eating and body image concerns.

People can expect clear, simple conversation and practical tools. She aims to listen first, then help set goals that match what the person actually wants. Andrea works from California and conducts sessions in English.

How Andrea's Approaches Work Online

Andrea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and anger when practiced between sessions. She also draws on client-centered therapy, offering listening and reflection so people feel heard and can set their own goals. Mindfulness therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Andrea will talk with the person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that seem like a good fit. She checks in regularly and adapts based on what the person finds useful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life and keep steady progress over time.