About Andrea
Andrea McLellan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings 14 years of clinical experience and a practical, goal-oriented approach to sessions. Andrea emphasizes identifying the roots of problems so people can recover a truer sense of self.
She blends solution-focused work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients set clear, realistic goals and reduce troubling symptoms. Andrea also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative, and Psychodynamic methods when those approaches fit the situation.
How Andrea works
Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, and relationship concerns. Andrea has experience providing forensic psychology consultation and serving as a court-recognized expert on sexual assault and child abuse. That work informs her understanding of how past harm and family disruption affect people over time.
She pays close attention to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, and the lasting impact of early trauma. Sessions focus on practical skills, honest reflection, and achievable steps. Andrea helps people learn awareness, take responsibility, and practice courage and forgiveness as part of healing.
She also supports those facing career stress, sleep and eating difficulties, chronic illness or caregiver strain. Outside of clinical work, Andrea enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, bird-watching, camping, and the beach. She also teaches psychology at a university level and brings that teaching perspective into her therapeutic work.
Andrea lists 6 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Applying practical approaches to online therapy
Andrea frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more constructive behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and many stress-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship strain. DBT techniques can be helpful when anger, intense reactions, or self-esteem struggles get in the way of daily life.Deciding on the right approach is part of the work. Andrea collaborates with clients to match methods to their goals and preferences. She reviews progress and adjusts direction as needed, combining solution-focused steps with CBT or DBT skills when that best serves the client.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit consistent care into busy lives while using the therapeutic approaches that suit them.
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