About Andrienne
Andrienne Horton-Smith is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 24 years of experience. She centers her work on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the impact of trauma and abuse. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, focused on building self-worth and clear next steps people can try between sessions.
She uses tools from several evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused methods.
How Andrienne works
Sessions concentrate on identifying unhelpful patterns, learning new ways to respond, and managing strong emotions. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to set realistic goals and keep momentum. Andrienne frames the client as the expert in their own life while offering guidance, structure, and gentle challenge when needed.
She pays attention to multicultural concerns and how family history or generational trauma shapes emotional reactions. This helps people make sense of their experiences without blame. Practical skills are a regular part of work together: coping strategies for anxiety, communication tools for relationship strain, and steps toward rebuilding self-love and purpose.
The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She encourages small experiments that can lead to steady change. People who prefer clear plans and supportive feedback often find her approach helpful.
She offers sessions in English and works via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
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What Andrienne works with
The areas below are the ones Andrienne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Online approaches for practical change and healing
Andrienne often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT helps with anxiety, mood challenges, and daily stress by teaching concrete skills to change how a person thinks and acts.She also applies Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process painful events and reduce their ongoing emotional impact. This approach works slowly to make distressing memories less overwhelming and to build stronger ways of coping.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Andrienne will discuss goals, past efforts, and preferences to pick methods that fit each person. She adjusts techniques over time so sessions stay relevant and effective for changing circumstances.
Online therapy offers flexibility with multiple ways to connect: video calls for deeper conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for short check-ins, and text-based messaging for brief reflections or reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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