Andrea Walker, LICSW, LCSW

Andrea Walker, LICSW, LCSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker), brings 21 years of experience supporting adults, adolescents, and families through a wide range of life challenges. She holds licensure across multiple states and has additional certification in Interactive Play Therapy, a creative approach that can be especially helpful when words are hard to find.

Her practice emphasizes trauma-informed care and personalized treatment plans that combine evidence-based methods with creative interventions. Andrea works with people affected by abuse, neglect, domestic violence, attachment difficulties, anxiety, depression, self-harm behaviors, adjustment concerns, and the ripple effects of divorce and family disruption. She also supports clients facing issues with eating, sleeping, parenting, career transitions, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Andrea favors collaborative work, helping clients explore how therapy might influence their lives and selecting techniques that fit each person’s goals and preferences. She offers a range of therapeutic tools - including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and interactive play-based interventions - and adapts them to the needs of individuals and families. As online care has grown, she has integrated digital tools and interventions to extend therapeutic supports beyond the office. Andrea aims to create a warm, steady, and practical space where clients can practice coping skills, improve communication, and move toward healing.

Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care

Andrea Walker uses several evidence-informed approaches that adapt effectively to remote formats. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and practice concrete strategies to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep or eating concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills to support people who struggle with intense emotions, relationship conflict, or self-harm behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps the nervous system process disturbing memories and reduce their ongoing impact.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. Andrea works with each client to clarify goals, review past treatment experiences, and select techniques that fit their needs and preferences, adjusting plans as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video, over the phone, through live chat, or via text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access support from different locations. Licensed professionals can translate many in-person tools into virtual formats, and Andrea integrates digital activities and interactive techniques to keep therapy engaging and effective.