About Andrea
Andrea Throndson helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, relationship strain, grief, and depression. She works in a straightforward, compassionate way and keeps the focus on practical steps.
Background and approach
Andrea is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California - LMFT - with 14 years of clinical experience. Andrea starts by listening to what matters most to each person.
She treats the experiences you bring as the map for therapy and looks for strengths you can use right away. Sessions move at a steady pace and aim for changes you can notice between meetings.
Her background includes extended work with grief, addiction, and trauma-related concerns. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional pain and unhelpful patterns.
Andrea pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when they come up, and she helps people with issues such as communication problems, control struggles, and impulsivity. People also turn to her for help with chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, body image, and life transitions like divorce or midlife shifts.
She addresses guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose and money stress in practical ways. Andrea prefers clear goals and check-ins so progress is visible.
Sessions are offered in English and Andrea accepts international clients. The approach is collaborative and aimed at giving people tools to manage hard moments and rebuild daily routines that feel more manageable.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Andrea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical changes. One approach targets anxiety and stress with step-by-step coping skills and behavioral adjustments to reduce overwhelm and increase day-to-day functioning. Another approach addresses grief, addiction, and trauma by helping people process difficult memories and develop healthier routines and supports to reduce symptoms and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. The process is shared and goal-focused so people know what they are trying and why.
Online therapy with Andrea is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, homework, or when someone prefers writing between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English