Andrea Travers, MD, LCPC

Andrea Travers is a Maryland-based therapist with 13 years of professional experience, holding an MD and an LCPC - MD indicating a medical degree and LCPC signifying a licensed clinical professional counselor. She works with both adults and children, supporting people who are navigating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and substance use concerns. Andrea approaches each person as an individual and focuses on uncovering the connections between thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and past experiences to help create new patterns that promote wellbeing.

Her practice centers on guiding people through recovery and healing, whether they are coping with life changes, managing addictive behaviors, or seeking greater emotional resilience. Andrea helps clients build practical coping skills, strengthen self-confidence, and address issues such as attachment or caregiver stress as part of a longer journey toward stability. Her work emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and learning strategies that can be used in daily life to foster sustained progress.

Andrea brings a purposeful commitment to supporting mental health and substance use recovery, offering structured, evidence-informed care designed to meet the needs of each person she sees in Maryland.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Healing and Support

Andrea employs evidence-informed techniques that focus on practical change and recovery. One common approach emphasizes the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - helping clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. This approach is useful for stress, mood concerns, and developing new coping habits.

Another area of focus is trauma-informed work, which helps people process past hurts and build safety, emotional regulation, and resilience. These methods support individuals recovering from abuse, traumatic events, or ongoing trauma-related symptoms by pacing interventions and teaching grounding and coping skills.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Andrea works together with each person to assess needs, set goals, and adjust methods so the treatment fits the client’s preferences and life circumstances. This collaboration helps shape a plan that feels manageable and relevant.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people seeking care. Sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging increase flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time, and make it easier to maintain consistency in treatment. These options allow clients to receive ongoing support in a way that fits their daily routines and stages of recovery.