Andrea Stocker, LCSW

Andrea Stocker is an LCSW practicing in California with about ten years of experience in social services. She draws on hands-on work across group homes, homeless services, housing programs, prisons, and community health settings. Andrea describes herself as sex positive and comfortable supporting people in LGBTQ+ and BDSM communities.

Her background includes work with older adults and people facing depression, anger, and anxiety. She also supports those coping with eating concerns and follows the Health at Every Size model. Andrea takes a whole-person, client-centered approach to understand each person's situation before planning next steps.

In sessions she focuses on clear, practical goals. She uses methods that help people identify unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and tell their story in a different way. Those methods are described below in more detail and are adapted to what each person needs.

Andrea has worked in a mix of settings that exposed her to a wide range of life circumstances. That experience informs how she helps people manage stress, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges like addiction or chronic health concerns. She pays attention to the real-life barriers people face when they try new coping strategies.

Clients can expect straightforward collaboration about goals and steps. Andrea listens for strengths and builds on them while addressing immediate problems. She encourages practical change that fits day-to-day life and honors each person’s values.

How Andrea’s approaches translate to online care

Andrea uses Client-Centered Therapy to start. That means listening first, asking about what matters to you, and shaping sessions around your goals. This approach helps when people need a respectful space to talk about intimacy, identity, or relationship concerns.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing new, more helpful responses. CBT is commonly useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating difficulties.

Mindfulness Therapy appears in her work as well, teaching simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and increase awareness of patterns that lead to reactive behavior.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Andrea will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that match those priorities. That collaboration helps adjust techniques over time if something isn’t a good fit.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helpful because it can fit into work or family schedules, remove travel time, and make shorter check-ins easier to arrange. Different formats can also make it simpler to use mindfulness exercises, practice communication skills between sessions, or maintain continuity when life gets busy.