- Solution-focused work
- CBT strategies
- Trauma-informed care
About Andrea
Andrea McLellan, LMFT, focuses on helping people understand what drives their difficulties so they can recover a stronger sense of self. She emphasizes practical, goal-driven work that targets current problems and helps reduce negative symptoms. Her approach aims to be direct and useful for everyday life concerns like stress, anxiety, and self esteem.
Andrea draws on 14 years of clinical experience and roles outside independent practice to inform her work. She teaches psychology at a university and provides forensic psychology consultation in cases involving sexual assault and child abuse. Those activities have shaped her attention to how family dynamics and past harms affect present functioning.
Her clinical view looks for underlying causes of distress so clients can move toward awareness and change. She often uses solution-focused methods and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to set clear goals and practice new skills that reduce symptoms. She also integrates approaches that consider personal history and meaning.
Andrea has particular experience with trauma, grief, addictions, bipolar concerns, and relationship and parenting challenges. She also works with issues such as body image, attachment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency. She pays attention to how patterns repeat across generations.
She describes healing as a process of awareness, responsibility, courage, and forgiveness. Outside of work she enjoys time outdoors at the beach, hiking, and bird-watching, which she finds restorative. If someone is exploring therapy, she asks them to expect practical, focused sessions aimed at real-life improvements.
Andrea draws on 14 years of clinical experience and roles outside independent practice to inform her work. She teaches psychology at a university and provides forensic psychology consultation in cases involving sexual assault and child abuse. Those activities have shaped her attention to how family dynamics and past harms affect present functioning.
Her clinical view looks for underlying causes of distress so clients can move toward awareness and change. She often uses solution-focused methods and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to set clear goals and practice new skills that reduce symptoms. She also integrates approaches that consider personal history and meaning.
Andrea has particular experience with trauma, grief, addictions, bipolar concerns, and relationship and parenting challenges. She also works with issues such as body image, attachment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency. She pays attention to how patterns repeat across generations.
She describes healing as a process of awareness, responsibility, courage, and forgiveness. Outside of work she enjoys time outdoors at the beach, hiking, and bird-watching, which she finds restorative. If someone is exploring therapy, she asks them to expect practical, focused sessions aimed at real-life improvements.