Andrea Ferrara, LPC - Therapist in Georgia

About Andrea

Andrea Ferrara is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping families and parents navigate stressful or confusing times. She speaks plainly and works to make sessions practical. Parents who feel overwhelmed by behavior, sleep, or relationship problems will find straightforward strategies and step-by-step help.

Andrea has 17 years of experience supporting people across many life stages and settings in Georgia. Andrea aims for clear goals in therapy and helps clients learn skills they can use at home.

Background and approach

She uses evidence-based tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and handle conflict. In sessions she talks through problem patterns and coaches on new ways to respond to stress and parenting challenges. Her background includes work in independent practice, inpatient and outpatient care, crisis call centers, suicide hotlines, and military installations.

That range shaped a practical approach that fits day-to-day life. Andrea has worked with individuals, couples, and families and also leads educational groups. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful habits.

Emotion-focused methods and relationship work are used when couples or family bonds are central to the problem. Andrea helps clients build coping skills, set achievable goals, and track small changes over time. Sessions focus on doable steps like new communication habits, sleep and routine adjustments, and strategies for managing strong emotions.

She also addresses issues like addiction, grief, parenting struggles, and career stress. Andrea encourages self-care and a balanced approach to daily life.

How Andrea's Approaches Work Online

Andrea uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-based space where parents and family members can say what matters to them. This approach focuses on understanding each person and responding without judgment, which helps when sorting through emotional or parenting tensions.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, to turn stressful thoughts and unhelpful behaviors into manageable actions. CBT is practical for anxiety, mood issues, sleep problems, and changing routines that affect family life.

Emotionally-focused therapy is used when relationship bonds are a central concern. It helps partners and family members connect around feelings and repair patterns that lead to distance or conflict.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Andrea will talk with clients about goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. She partners with parents and family members to choose methods that fit their needs and daily realities.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. These options let families connect from home, work around childcare or commuting, and continue work between sessions with messages and chat when needed. The variety supports flexibility while clients practice new skills in real life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What problems does Andrea often help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, family and relationship problems, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and related issues such as sleep, eating, and anger.

What is Andrea's therapy style like?

Her style is practical and goal-focused. She listens first, then helps clients try skills and new ways of handling problems.

What kind of background does she have?

Andrea has 17 years of experience in independent practice, inpatient and outpatient settings, crisis call centers, suicide hotlines, and military installations.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - licensed in Georgia with licence number GA LPC LPC005634.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Andrea?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Georgia
Languages: English

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