- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Andrea
Andrea Bray Ryan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, and life changes. She approaches sessions with empathy and a nonjudgmental attitude. Conversations are practical and focused on real-life coping skills and emotional support.
Andrea uses straightforward tools to help people manage mood swings, grief, trauma reactions, and relationship strain. She draws on techniques that teach relaxation, self-regulation, and ways to access personal strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions often include guided exercises and breathing or body-awareness practices when helpful. Her background includes work in behavioral health settings and independent practice. That mix gave experience with inpatient and outpatient situations and a wide range of mental health concerns.
Andrea has six years of professional experience as an LPC in Texas. In sessions she favors collaboration - clients and therapist set goals together and choose practical steps to try between meetings. The focus is on what helps day to day, like improving sleep, managing anger, or navigating a difficult life transition.
People can expect clear explanations, simple skills training, and space to talk through painful experiences. Andrea emphasizes gentle, evidence-informed methods and supports each person in building tools that fit their life.
What Andrea works with
Everything Andrea lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Andrea helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Andrea lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Andrea’s approaches translate to online care
Andrea commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors through practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on stabilizing symptoms, teaching regulation skills, and processing distressing memories at a pace that feels manageable.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrea works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. She will check in about what techniques feel useful and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, brief skill coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, and busy schedules while still using the same therapeutic strategies described above.
Questions people ask about Andrea
What concerns does Andrea help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are empathetic and practical. She uses collaborative problem solving, skills practice, and in-the-moment support to address daily struggles.
What training and experience does she have?
Andrea holds a master's level education and has worked in behavioral health settings and independent practice for six years as an LPC.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed professional counselor with a Texas LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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