About Andrew
Dr. Andrew Mendonsa helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy challenges. He is a California psychologist with two state licenses: CO Psychologist PSY.0005062 and CA Psychologist PSY23208.
He has more than two decades of experience and speaks English. He uses straightforward, practical methods to tackle day-to-day struggles. Sessions focus on clear goals such as managing anxiety, improving sleep, coping with grief, or addressing addictive patterns.
He aims to reduce shame and improve functioning so people can move forward with their lives.
How Andrew works
His background spans community mental health, addiction services, the criminal justice system, and work with high-wealth clients and corporate settings. That range informs how he helps people manage career stress, burnout, and life transitions. He also brings experience with issues around identity, intimacy, and alternative sexual culture.
Clinical work draws on a mix of approaches to match the person in front of him. He blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with cognitive-behavioral skills and attachment-focused work, and uses client-centered and dialectical ideas when they fit. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on practical steps and real-world results.
People who prefer direct feedback and clear plans may find his style useful. To begin, prospective clients follow a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions based on availability. He accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Andrew lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Andrew works with
The areas below are the ones Andrew selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CO Psychologist, CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action guided by personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes by clarifying what matters and testing small, values-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, sleep issues, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and reactions in close connections, helping people improve intimacy and communication.Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and life context. Together they will try methods that fit, adjust as needed, and focus on measurable progress rather than indefinite treatment.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel while using the chosen therapeutic methods.
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