- Guilt and shame work
- Nervous-system skills
- CBT and narrative methods
About Andrea
Andrea Raasch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Colorado and Florida with 29 years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem challenges, depression, and coping with life changes, including issues around guilt and shame.
Andrea uses straightforward conversation and practical tools in sessions. She looks at how the nervous system responds when people feel overwhelmed and helps clients learn ways to calm that reactivity. This focus makes it easier to notice helpful thoughts and make clearer decisions.
Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Andrea has experience applying trauma-focused approaches with people who have experienced many kinds of trauma and helps them develop regulation skills alongside talk-based work.
Sessions include exploring personal stories and testing small, doable changes between meetings. She encourages looking at patterns that keep people stuck and trying different responses to see what works in real life. Conversations can cover any part of a person's life as needed.
Andrea often emphasizes nervous-system regulation alongside traditional therapy techniques. That means learning calming practices, noticing physical reactions, and then pairing those skills with cognitive and behavioral steps. The aim is practical: help people make choices from a clearer, steadier place.
How Andrea uses therapy approaches online
Andrea often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work. CBT helps identify and test thought patterns and behaviors that feed anxiety or low self-esteem. Trauma-Focused Therapy gives structured ways to address impacts from past harms while building skills to manage strong reactions.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to explore a client's goals and readiness for change in a collaborative way. Together the therapist and client look for small steps that match the client's priorities and capacity. Deciding which mix of methods to use is a collaborative process based on needs, goals, and personal preference.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In practice, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a day, offer a quieter setting when needed, or allow shorter check-ins during a break. Andrea pairs regulation skills with cognitive and narrative work so that people can try tools between sessions and discuss what helped.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
29+ years
Listed in
Colorado, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and workplace issues.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She combines talking through personal stories with skills to calm the nervous system. That pairing helps people notice unhelpful patterns and test more constructive responses.
What is her background and experience?
Andrea has 29 years of clinical experience and has worked with clients across a range of concerns including trauma and mood disorders. Her practice includes trauma-focused methods alongside cognitive and narrative approaches.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with credentials listed as LCSW and CSW and holds LCSW licensure in Colorado and Florida. Her listed location is Colorado.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to be sure of video, phone, or other formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the subscriber plan tied to session location.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin the process.
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