Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Andrea works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California, Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Andrea
Andrea Watson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions like anger and stress. She welcomes straightforward conversations and works to make each session feel practical and doable for busy lives. Andrea uses clear, hands-on strategies to help people name patterns, calm intense reactions, and make small changes that add up.
She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral work and emotion-focused methods to teach new skills for handling conflict and intense feelings.
Background and approach
She has five years of clinical experience as an LMFT and has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, trauma, and relationship strain. Andrea also supports those dealing with parenting stress, caregiving burdens, and life transitions. Her background includes helping people impacted by abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and blended family concerns.
In sessions she centers the client’s values, life story, and practical goals. Conversations are grounded and respectful, and she helps clients build insight and day-to-day skills rather than rely on vague platitudes. Sessions often include concrete exercises, behavior experiments, and ways to test new responses between meetings.
Andrea offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She practices in Tennessee and holds LMFT credentials in Tennessee and California. People who want a calm, direct therapist who focuses on managing anger and improving relationships often find her approach helpful.
What Andrea works with
Everything Andrea lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Andrea's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrea lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that match their values. ACT can help with anger, anxiety, and coping with life changes by focusing on what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for stress, depression, and addictive behaviors by breaking problems into steps and practicing new responses.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on understanding and reshaping emotional responses in relationships. It is often used when people want to improve connection, manage conflict, or handle intimacy-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend a mix of methods that fit. You’ll try strategies together and adjust them based on what works for you.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face-to-face from wherever you are. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when scheduling on a break. Live chat and text messaging are good for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Andrea
What kinds of concerns does Andrea address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and anger. She also helps with relationship strain, parenting stress, self-esteem, career changes, and caregiver fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical with emphasis on respect and empathy. Sessions focus on building insight and learning concrete skills to manage emotions and behaviors.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and has worked with people facing trauma, addictions, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and located?
She practices in Tennessee and holds LMFT credentials in Tennessee and California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do costs and scheduling work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.