About Andrea
Andrea Bray Ryan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and identity-related concerns. She speaks English and aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through hard moments and build practical skills. Andrea keeps sessions straightforward and geared toward real-life change.
Andrea draws on practices from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, and trauma-focused approaches.
How Andrea works
She uses hands-on tools like relaxation techniques, self-regulation strategies, and body-awareness exercises to help people cope with mood swings, grief, addictions, and relationship strain. Her work often includes building routines and skills the client can use between sessions. Her background includes experience in a behavioral hospital setting with both inpatient and outpatient care, plus years in personal counseling practice.
This mix shaped a practical, problem-solving style and a familiarity with complex or overlapping concerns. Andrea emphasizes collaboration and meeting each person where they are. Sessions are conversational and nonjudgmental.
Andrea helps clients identify strengths, try small experiments, and adjust strategies that aren’t working. She frames progress as gradual and focused on what matters most to the individual. People who prefer clear guidance, tangible strategies, and respectful listening may find her approach helpful.
Andrea describes herself as a fellow traveler, working alongside clients as they navigate life changes and emotional challenges.
Andrea lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Andrea works with
The areas below are the ones Andrea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Using evidence-based approaches online
Andrea often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is a hands-on approach that breaks problems into smaller steps and teaches practical strategies for managing mood and anxiety.She also integrates trauma-focused therapy when past traumatic events are central to a person’s struggles. Trauma-focused work helps people process difficult memories and build skills to reduce overwhelm and dissociation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That usually means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and allow therapy to fit into busy routines.
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