Andrea Pugh
Compassionate counselor for family concerns
- Credentials
- MD, LCPC, LPC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Texas, Oregon, Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Andrea
Andrea Pugh is a licensed counselor who brings ten years of experience to family and parenting concerns. She blends person-centered care with solution-focused and cognitive behavioral techniques to help shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Andrea uses warmth and a light touch, including humor when appropriate, to make sessions feel more approachable.
She creates a calm environment where parents can talk through goals and steps forward. Andrea earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Louisiana State University in Shreveport.
Background and approach
She holds the credentials MD, LCPC, and LPC and is licensed in Texas. Over the past decade she has worked in schools, community mental health agencies, substance abuse clinics, and correctional settings. That background informs her practical approach to common parenting and family stresses.
In sessions Andrea focuses on clear goals and small, doable changes. She emphasizes honesty, transparency, and shared responsibility in the therapeutic work. Parents can expect direct feedback, concrete strategies, and collaboration on next steps.
She has experience addressing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship and family challenges. Additional areas she supports include attachment concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, panic attacks, body image, self-love, forgiveness, and social anxiety. Andrea encourages people to notice their strengths and use those resources in change.
She aims to help families find practical ways to improve communication and reduce conflict. Taking the first step is recognized as meaningful, and she offers a supportive, straightforward path forward.
Evidence-based approaches for online family support
Andrea uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and adjust unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, panic attacks, and patterns that fuel family conflict.She also applies solution-focused strategies that concentrate on small, achievable steps and clear goals. These methods help parents and caregivers find practical changes that fit daily life and reduce overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose techniques that fit the family’s needs and adjust them over time.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations from home, while phone and messaging options suit busy schedules or shorter check-ins. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into family life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Oregon, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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