Andrea Bednarz, LCMHC

Andrea Bednarz, LCMHC, listens for the patterns that keep people stuck and helps them find more authentic ways of living. As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, she works with individuals carrying unresolved trauma, those coping with painful family estrangement, and people navigating disenfranchised grief such as the loss of a pet. She also supports clients who feel disconnected from partners or who rely on numbing behaviors - endless scrolling, gaming, shopping, or turning to alcohol or substances - to get through the day.

Andrea specializes in mood disorders, substance misuse and dependence, boundary development, parenting and family dynamics, and the complex needs of adult children of emotionally immature parents. Pet loss and disenfranchised grief are particular areas of focus she approaches with care. Her work emphasizes moving away from avoidance and unhealthy behavioral patterns toward an experience of life that feels more genuine and fulfilling.

Therapy with Andrea aims to be challenging but manageable. She strives to make sessions engaging and sustainable so that clients can stick with the process through the difficult work and the growth that follows. For those ready to rewrite their story, she offers guided support for change and healing.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Andrea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that include approaches focused on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. These methods help people reduce anxiety and mood symptoms by teaching practical skills for coping, problem solving, and changing routines that maintain distress.

She also applies grief- and attachment-focused work that supports processing losses and relationship wounds. This approach helps people name difficult emotions, explore family and attachment patterns, and build new ways of relating and setting boundaries.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Andrea collaborates with each person to determine which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting direction as progress and challenges arise.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care around work, family, and other commitments and allow for different formats depending on what feels most helpful at any stage of treatment.