About Andrea
Andrea Stokes greets people with calm, straightforward support for stress, anxiety and low mood. She is a counsellor with eight years' experience and holds BACP accreditation. Andrea focuses on helping people rebuild confidence and cope with big life changes.
She uses a client-centred way of working. That means conversations are guided by the person's own needs and pace. Andrea listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people make sense of their feelings.
How Andrea works
Andrea also offers hypnotherapy alongside talking therapy. Hypnotherapy sessions aim to help people access relaxed states to address habits, anxiety and low self-belief. Sessions combine gentle guidance with practical steps people can try between meetings.
People often come for support with grief, trauma and abuse, panic and phobias, or relationship and career stress. Andrea also helps with guilt, shame, loneliness, purpose, and issues such as smoking or vaping cessation and self-harm thoughts. She works to create clear, manageable goals with each person.
Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled online or by phone. Andrea welcomes international clients and adapts her approach to what each person needs. To begin, a short questionnaire helps match people to the right way of working and to practical next steps.
Andrea lists 2 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.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred and hypnotherapy options online
Andrea uses client-centred counselling online to let conversations follow the person's priorities. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own answers, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and low self-esteem.She also offers hypnotherapy as an option. Hypnotherapy sessions involve guided relaxation and focused attention to help address habits, panic symptoms, phobias and low self-belief, often alongside talking therapy to turn insights into practical changes.
Finding the right method is collaborative. Andrea will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to use client-centred sessions, hypnotherapy or a blend, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face dialogue and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, reflection between sessions or people who find typing easier. These options make therapy more flexible and fit around work, travel or family life.
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