About me
I am an LCSW in California with almost 10 years of experience in social services. I have worked in a group home, homeless services, housing, in a prison and in a community heath setting, which has given me varied perception and varied experience. I also have experience working with older adults.
I am sex positive and comfortable working with people in alternative relationships, the the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the BDSM community.
I have extensive experience working with depression, anger management, and anxiety. I also work with people with eating disorders and follow the Heath at Every Size model. I believe in a whole person and client centered approach to mental health.
I have experience working with teens that are adapting to the changes and challenges that come with the teen years. Experience includes depression, anxiety, self-harm behavior, school and career counseling, improving communication with peers and adults, etc.
Specialties
- Relationships
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
Stress, Anxiety , Addictions , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Compassion fatigue , Abandonment , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 10
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
CA LCSW 89643
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Andrea Stocker. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
Great to have Andrea as our daughter's therapist!
She’s great at challenging you when you need to be challenged but also is soft and supportive when you need an empathetic listener. She’s also good at helping me problem solve and keep myself accountable for goals I try to set for myself.
Andrea is kind, understanding and very knowledgeable. Her expertise and skills has guided and support me to navigate through some tough times. I consider myself very lucky to have her as my therapist.
We really enjoyed our sessions with Andrea. She is great at mediating emotional conversations, surfacing underlying issues we weren’t even aware of but need to be discussed, and providing helpful outside objective. She is also great at validating both of our feelings and holding us accountable to the goals we set during each session. Thank you for helping us figure out a communication style that works for both of us.
I started working with Andrea about six weeks ago, meeting weekly. I was frank from the beginning about my early sobriety ...I am 4 months sober. Struggles with parenting and marriage in early sobriety coupled with a life-long struggle with bulimia for over 30 years. The tips and strategies and just the way she listens and gives brief feedback that is super relevant, has been so incredibly helpful. She recommended a book called The bulimia Help Method, which I had never heard of. After years of being in various 12-step programs for food and having seen numerous therapists , nutritionists, done workshops, read books, everything under the sun I could possibly think of to try to address my bulimia, morning has helped. True I needed to address my drinking issue and be sober in order to address my bulimia and binge eating but her recommendation of this book and other recommendations such as grounding techniques and practical things like putting up a giant family calendar to create structure since we have little kids with juggling schedules and one car. These suggestions have been spot on to help me. this particular book that Andrea recommended is making perfect sense to me and has already helped me. I think that she is a very good counselor and I would highly recommend her to others.
It's simply easy to listen to her. She gets what I'm talking about, has examples to share, which are thought provoking in a good way. I
Andrea is amazing, with each session she connects with us on a personal level and gives us that outsider point of view we be need. I absolutely love and adore her our communication and overall has been slowly improving thanks to Andrea.