Andrea Strayer
Solution-focused social worker for families
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Andrea
Andrea Strayer is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who uses a solution-focused approach to help people move past stressful moments and get unstuck. She keeps sessions practical and goal-oriented, helping clients name a problem, choose steps to address it, and try those steps between meetings. Andrea works from Indiana and brings eight years of professional experience to her practice.
Andrea has helped people with stress and anxiety, anger, depression, and family conflict.
Background and approach
She also supports those managing attention differences such as ADHD, and addresses related issues like communication problems and workplace stress. Her work includes crisis intervention when situations feel urgent. Her training began with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Bowling Green State University and continued with a Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University.
Those degrees shaped her practical, solution-focused style and her interest in measurable progress. Sessions with Andrea tend to focus on clear steps and small experiments clients can try between meetings. She listens for what matters most, then co-creates a plan to address it.
The approach aims to free up energy for daily life, not to get bogged down in jargon. Andrea also supports people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, control issues, divorce and separation, and concerns such as guilt, shame, or impulsivity. She offers help for panic, post-traumatic stress symptoms, relationship communication problems, and women's issues.
All work is provided in English from her Indiana practice.
Solution-Focused Care and Online Access
Andrea uses a solution-focused approach that helps clients identify a specific problem, set a small number of clear goals, and try practical steps between sessions. This method is often useful for stress, anxiety, family concerns, anger, and depression because it emphasizes quick, concrete changes rather than lengthy exploration.She also draws on evidence-based strategies aimed at improving communication and managing impulsivity or panic symptoms. These techniques teach specific skills, such as clearer ways to speak about needs or short exercises to reduce intense reactions, and can be applied right away in daily life.
Finding the best approach is collaborative. Andrea works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is working and what isn't.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to stay connected from different locations in Indiana. The variety of formats also allows people to pick the way of working that feels most comfortable while still focusing on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Andrea
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point