Andrea Schmidt
Calm, practical help for everyday parenting stress
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Andrea
Andrea Schmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, depression, ADHD, and parenting concerns. She brings 14 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to handle grief, sleep trouble, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Andrea aims to create a calm space where people can talk and begin to find solutions. Her approach blends straightforward, evidence-informed methods.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are taught for managing strong emotions and improving coping. Client-Centered Therapy guides the work with listening and respect for each person’s goals.
Andrea also uses mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice their patterns and rewrite difficult stories about themselves. She often pairs skill-building with gentle reflection, so people leave with something to practice between meetings. Her work includes practical tools for parenting stress, relationship strain, and dealing with addiction or trauma.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Andrea holds the Florida LMHC license FL LMHC MH15989 and has specialized experience with blended family issues, caregiving stress, body image, and aging-related concerns. She focuses on clear steps people can use right away.
To begin, a brief matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows based on therapist availability. Andrea encourages anyone feeling overwhelmed to reach out and start the process of change.
How Andrea’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's lead. It helps people feel heard and decide what goals matter most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them. These steps can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and parenting stress.Andrea also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT techniques are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when coping skills are needed in the moment. Together, these approaches give both insight and concrete tools, and Andrea will work with each person to find the best mix for their goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people juggling caregiving or work. Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can pick what fits them best. These options make it easier to practice new skills between meetings and to stay consistent with care despite life’s demands.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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