Andrea Ferrara
Practical counseling for life’s hard moments
LPC Georgia
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Andrea
Andrea Ferrara is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people find practical ways forward when life feels hard. She listens without judgment and helps clients identify clear goals.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and build skills that make daily life easier. Andrea brings 17 years of experience across many settings, including independent practice, inpatient and outpatient care, crisis call centers, suicide hotlines, and military installations.
She has worked with individuals, couples, and families and has led group psycho-education presentations. This range gives her familiarity with many common life stresses and relationship strains.
In sessions she uses straightforward, goal-focused methods to address problems like depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, and grief. She helps people change unhelpful behaviors and learn coping strategies for anger, sleep, eating, and attention concerns.
Relationship issues, intimacy problems, and communication struggles are also central to her work. Andrea draws on several therapeutic approaches to match each client's needs, including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Jungian ideas, and the Gottman Method for relationship work.
She partners with clients to choose the methods that fit their goals and values. Clients can expect practical skill-building, attention to values and life purpose, and support managing career pressure, parenting strain, or midlife transitions.
Andrea aims to help people move through hard times with clearer choices and more confidence.
How Andrea’s Approaches Work Online
Andrea often blends the Gottman Method with Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral approaches. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing conflict in relationships by teaching concrete conversation skills and ways to rebuild trust. Client-Centered Therapy centers the session on the person's experience and priorities, offering acceptance and support while the client decides on goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Andrea will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. She tailors techniques so the plan feels practical and matches what the client wants to achieve, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for conversations that benefit from seeing facial cues, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it possible to keep regular progress while fitting therapy into busy schedules.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed in
Georgia
Languages
English