About Andrea
Andrea Russo is a licensed counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, depression, and life changes. She has ten years of experience and works with concerns like grief, intimacy issues, self-esteem, career decisions, LGBT matters, and ADHD. Andrea aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy.
She keeps sessions straightforward and calm. Andrea creates an open space where people can name their thoughts and feelings without judgment.
How Andrea works
Conversations focus on what matters to the individual and practical steps to try between sessions. Her style draws on several approaches to fit the person in front of her. She uses client-centered techniques to follow each person's lead and cognitive behavioral methods to identify patterns that cause distress.
Mindfulness practices may be added to help with stress and grounding. Andrea also brings existential ideas into sessions when clients are wrestling with meaning, choices, or big life transitions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help when people want to set clear goals and build momentum.
She works with each person to choose what feels most useful and to set small, realistic steps. Andrea believes steady progress often comes from simple changes tried consistently. She welcomes questions about how therapy would work and what to expect in early meetings.
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
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist reflects what is said and helps the person find their own solutions, which is useful for people who want an empathetic space to talk through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. In online sessions this approach teaches practical skills to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or stress and includes short exercises to practice between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That plan can change as needs shift, making the process collaborative and flexible.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when more connection helps. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief exchanges into a busy day or to keep a conversation going between scheduled meetings. These options aim to make it easier to attend sessions and use the approaches described above in a way that fits each person’s life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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