Andrea Bercos

Andrea Bercos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and addiction. He also supports people coping with trauma, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and issues related to gender and sexuality. Andrea aims to make the first step easier and encourages people to reach out when they feel ready.

Andrea draws on long experience in community mental health, substance abuse treatment, domestic violence and sexual assault centers, public schools, and private practice. He focuses on practical change in day-to-day life, using plain language and clear steps. In sessions he listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps people map small moves that can reduce distress.

His approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. He also uses motivational interviewing to support people making changes related to substance use and other habits. Narrative and trauma-focused methods help people put painful experiences into a manageable story and work through their effects.

Andrea works with a wide range of concerns including codependency, domestic violence, process and sex addictions, self-harm, and gender dysphoria among other topics. He emphasizes a nonjudgmental, affirming stance and aims to empower clients to set realistic goals and try practical strategies between sessions.

People who meet with Andrea can expect steady listening, clear guidance, and collaborative goal-setting. He invites prospective clients to take the first step when they feel ready and offers a straightforward process for getting started.

How Andrea’s Approaches Fit into Online Work

Andrea combines client-centered care and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change patterns that cause distress. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and building goals that feel important to the person. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical techniques to interrupt those patterns.

Motivational interviewing is also part of his toolkit when someone is trying to change habits like substance use. That approach uses conversation to boost motivation and plan gradual steps toward a goal. Together these methods help with anger, addiction, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms by blending support with clear actions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. He will work with each person to identify which methods feel most useful and adjust plans as needs and goals evolve. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in everyday life.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer more flexibility around work or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods to remote sessions, focusing on practical tools, problem-solving, and steady support.