About Andrea
Andrea Mckee is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience in mental health. She practices in Oregon and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Andrea aims to make therapy approachable and direct for people who are struggling.
Andrea focuses on common problems like depression, panic, low self-esteem, and trauma and abuse. She also helps people navigate issues around adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric concerns, and co-morbidity of multiple conditions.
How Andrea works
Communication problems, isolation, and mood disorders are part of her daily work. Her approach is individualized. She builds a plan that fits each person’s goals and life situation.
Sessions look at what’s getting in the way now and teach skills to handle it differently. Andrea has spent over a decade helping people with relationship strain and family of origin issues, as well as domestic violence and post-traumatic stress symptoms. She also supports women and young adults facing transitions and identity challenges.
Her background includes work with self-harm, panic attacks, social anxiety, and other phobias. People who choose Andrea can expect a respectful and sensitive atmosphere. She focuses on clear steps and practical tools, not jargon.
She encourages clients to move toward a more satisfying daily life and supports them through the change process.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Andrea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common technique teaches coping skills and behavioral strategies that reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks through step-by-step practice. These methods help people recognize patterns and try new responses in everyday life.Another approach emphasizes processing trauma in manageable ways by pacing work and building safety skills first. This helps people who have post-traumatic stress or a history of abuse move toward fewer symptoms and more control over reactions. A third focus is on improving communication and problem solving for family-related strain and relationship stress, using clear exercises and role practice to rehearse new ways of relating. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist work together to pick methods that fit needs, preferences, and progress. Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let you use visual cues and deeper conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a camera feels like too much, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins and brief, focused work between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit care into busy schedules, handle follow-up between meetings, and stay consistent with treatment.
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