Andrea Phillips
Calm, practical support for life’s hard moments
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 4 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Andrea
Andrea Phillips is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and related challenges. She brings four years of clinical experience and centers her work on each person's strengths, viewing clients as the experts on their own lives.
Background and approach
Her practice includes support for self-esteem, motivation, confidence, and coping with major life changes. Andrea draws from several evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered principles, emotionally-focused methods, and EMDR for trauma work.
She emphasizes a collaborative relationship where the client’s goals guide treatment and progress is built from practical skills and reflective exploration. Andrea aims to create a supportive space for those navigating loss, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, and a range of other emotional difficulties.
Clients in Missouri can expect a therapist who values courage and steady growth, offering a balance of skill-building and empathetic listening. Andrea encourages people to take the first step toward more fulfilling daily life and provides ongoing support as they practice new ways of coping and relating.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Andrea commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is practical for anxiety, mood concerns, and developing new coping strategies. She also incorporates client-centered methods that prioritize the client’s perspective and foster a collaborative, empathic relationship to support personal growth and self-understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Andrea works collaboratively with each person to explore which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time rather than relying on a single model. That flexibility helps tailor work on trauma, grief, self-esteem, or life transitions to what feels most useful for the client.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These formats make it easier to attend therapy from home or work, fit appointments into busy schedules, and continue consistent progress when in-person visits are impractical. Licensed professionals can use these tools to deliver skills training, emotion-focused conversations, and trauma-informed interventions across multiple session styles.
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Experience
4+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English