About Andrea
Andrea Sprio trained and practised in the UK and has a decade of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and brings a calm, practical approach to conversations about relationships and family life. Andrea writes short, clear plans with each person and keeps sessions focused on immediate steps forward.
People come to her with relationship strain, parenting worries, anxiety and stress. She also helps when grief, trauma or addiction problems are present.
How Andrea works
Eating, sleeping and intimacy-related concerns are within her scope, as are mood disorders and issues linked to attention differences. Andrea uses methods that centre the person's own story. She listens for patterns that shape how people relate to others and to themselves.
From there she and the person agree small, manageable changes to try between sessions. Sessions tend to be down-to-earth and conversational. Andrea matches her tone to what each person needs - gentle and reflective when exploring loss, more direct when tackling unhelpful habits.
She offers clear homework tasks when they help and checks progress regularly. Her work also covers specific topics such as attachment difficulties, blended family tensions, fatherhood issues, body image and chronic illness. Andrea keeps practical goals in sight while attending to emotions that can feel overwhelming.
She works in English and provides counselling remotely. New people begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that suit their timing and needs.
Andrea lists 3 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online counselling
Andrea works from approaches that help people make sense of current problems and change how they relate to others. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in close relationships and helps when trust or closeness feels tricky. It can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment struggles and family tensions.Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens without judgement and follows what matters most to the client, which can help with anxiety, low mood and self-esteem concerns. Narrative Therapy treats personal problems as separate from the person, inviting new ways to tell one’s story and to try alternatives to unhelpful behaviours.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will discuss these methods with each person and decide together which fits best for their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative choice is reviewed as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, study and family life while keeping continuity of care.
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