Andrea Stocker, LCSW

Andrea Stocker is an LCSW in California with about 10 years of experience in social services. She blends a person-centered style with practical tools to help people navigate stress, depression, relationship strain, and caregiving challenges. Andrea is comfortable talking about sexuality and alternative relationship styles, and she has worked with older adults. Her career includes roles in a group home, homeless services, housing programs, a prison setting, and a community health clinic. These roles gave her experience with complex life situations and varied life stages. That background informs how she notices practical obstacles alongside feelings. Andrea uses straightforward, client-centered work as a base. She often pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to break unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices are used when grounding and managing anxiety feel helpful. She also brings narrative and motivational styles into sessions. Narrative work helps people reframe hard stories and see different possibilities. Motivational interviewing supports those weighing change, such as shifts in substance use, caregiving roles, or lifestyle steps. Her focus areas include mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, intimacy issues, ADHD, and aging and geriatric issues among others. Andrea follows Health at Every Size when addressing eating and body image concerns, and she centers the whole person rather than just symptoms.

How Andrea’s Approaches Fit Online Care

Andrea often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding a person’s goals, and shaping sessions around what matters most. CBT breaks down patterns of thinking and behavior into practical steps for change, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness exercises teach simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and support sleep and mood. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, needs, and preferences and try methods that match those priorities. Over a few sessions the plan can shift based on what feels most helpful. Session format details should be confirmed before booking. When considering online therapy, note that remote work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone use mindfulness or CBT tools in the moment where they live and work. Ask about available session options and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire.