Andrea Baker

Andrea Baker is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with more than two decades of clinical work. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. She also supports those coping with grief, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and issues related to chronic illness or medical crises.

Andrea’s early work focused on children in therapeutic foster care, teaching life skills to youth and parents. Over the past 20 years she has worked in hospital settings supporting people facing acute medical events. This background informs how she supports clients through health-related stress and caregiving burdens.

In sessions she focuses on practical skills. She teaches coping strategies for anxiety and sleep, helps clients strengthen communication, and works on building self-confidence. She also assists people in setting career goals and creating action plans that lead to small, manageable changes.

Andrea has particular interest in the perinatal period and supports people adjusting to life as a new parent, including those experiencing postpartum depression. She also brings experience with trauma-related concerns and with clients affected by adoption, abandonment, blended family dynamics, and aging issues.

Her approach centers on the person’s strengths. Andrea uses straightforward collaboration to set goals and choose tools that fit each person’s life. She encourages small steps and practical solutions while offering steady support during difficult transitions.

How Andrea’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own solutions to stress, grief, and life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Andrea can teach skills to manage anxiety, improve sleep, and change patterns that maintain depression or low self-esteem.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrea will talk with each person about needs, goals, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy can help fit sessions into everyday life by reducing travel and making it easier to schedule appointments around work or caregiving. Some formats require less bandwidth or no video, which can be helpful for brief check-ins or when a quieter setup is needed. The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking to find what works best.