Andrea Baker, LMHC

Andrea Baker is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 23 years of experience. She helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and the wear of major life changes. She also supports those facing grief, parenting strain, chronic illness, and relationship or communication problems.

Andrea began her career working with children in therapeutic foster care, teaching life skills and parenting techniques. For the past two decades she has worked in hospital settings supporting people through acute medical crises and the stress of health challenges. That experience informs how she approaches coping with chronic pain, cancer, caregiver strain, and similar concerns.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then helps clients set practical steps they can try between sessions. Techniques she commonly uses include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and solution-focused planning to build small, doable changes.

Andrea often supports people adjusting to the perinatal period, including new mothers who feel overwhelmed or who are experiencing postpartum depression. She also offers help for attention differences, grief and loss, anger, and issues tied to adoption, abandonment, or blended family dynamics.

Sessions focus on problem-solving, strengthening self-confidence, and developing communication skills. Andrea frames therapy as a collaborative effort where the client’s goals shape the work. She encourages clients to try manageable steps and to notice what helps between visits.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences, with the therapist offering empathy and support to help people find their own solutions. This approach is useful for building self-confidence and processing life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and shift unhelpful patterns. It suits concerns like depression, anxiety, and coping with chronic health issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining listening-based support with CBT skill practice or using solution-focused steps for a specific problem. Clients take part in choosing what feels most useful.

Please confirm what online session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or let someone participate without being on camera. Licensed professionals adapt exercises for remote sessions so progress can continue when in-person visits are not possible.