Dr. Andrea Wheeler, MD

Dr. Andrea Wheeler is a Maryland-based MD with 17 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges with parenting and self-esteem.

Dr. Wheeler uses a collaborative style in sessions. She works with each person to set clear goals and choose practical strategies that fit their life. Sessions focus on skill-building, understanding patterns, and real-world steps people can try between meetings.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside acceptance-based methods and attachment-focused work. That combination lets her address thinking patterns, emotional responses, and relationship dynamics. She also integrates client-centered and emotionally focused ideas when they match a person’s needs.

People can expect straightforward conversation and structured exercises. Dr. Wheeler aims to make therapy manageable and relevant to daily routines. She encourages small changes that add up over time.

She offers several ways to connect including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through a short matching process and a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Dr. Wheeler frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday problems because it focuses on practical skills and experiments people can try between sessions.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people live by their values while learning to accept difficult feelings instead of fighting them. ACT can be helpful for chronic stress, grief, and difficulties that don’t respond to trying to control every emotion.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Wheeler will review goals and preferences with each person and use a mix of methods that seems most useful. The process is collaborative, so changes are made if something isn’t working.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video mimics a face-to-face session, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging let people check in between meetings or use shorter touchpoints, and each format makes it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule.