About Andrea
Andrea Croston helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and the after-effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing low self-esteem, depression, grief and intimacy-related issues. Andrea works with concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, career shifts, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
She also provides support around relationship matters, LGBT issues, bipolar disorder and coping with life changes. Andrea uses a person-centred way of working as the foundation for therapy.
How Andrea works
That means she listens closely and follows what matters most to the person in front of her. She draws on several practical approaches, including cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance-based ideas, to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
Her background includes a Level 4 qualification in counselling and psychotherapy, awarded in September 2022, and four years of professional experience as a BACP-registered practitioner. Over the last two decades she has volunteered in charity settings and gained experience supporting people through traumatic times. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward.
Andrea treats each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on building understanding first. She combines empathy with exercises that help manage emotions, build coping skills and plan for change. People who come to Andrea often want practical help alongside a calm, non-judgemental listening ear.
She aims to adapt her approach to each person’s needs, using short tools or deeper conversations as required. If a schedule needs adjusting she is willing to discuss flexible arrangements.
Andrea lists 19 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Andrea commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to values-based actions even when feelings are hard, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood before trying practical strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Andrea will work together with clients to identify goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. This collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls suit conversations that benefit from visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging is helpful for short check-ins, written reflection or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to access regular support and to choose a format that fits day-to-day life.
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