Andrea Schmidt

Andrea Schmidt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW practicing in Colorado with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing issues like substance use, trauma, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and anger. Her priority is helping clients understand why they react the way they do so they can make different choices.

Andrea uses a relational, client-centered stance in sessions. She listens first, then guides conversations so clients feel heard and understood. She focuses on building awareness of thoughts, perceptions, and patterns that influence behavior.

Her clinical work emphasizes practical, solution-focused strategies. That means setting clear goals and trying small changes that fit into everyday life. She helps clients test new ways of thinking and behaving, then adjusts what isn’t working.

Andrea draws on approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and motivational interviewing to address addictions, grief, compassion fatigue, and other concerns. She encourages people to use their strengths and take responsibility for the changes they want to make.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process that begins with willingness to look inward. Sessions aim to reduce isolation, shame, and self-blame while restoring self-respect and healthier ways of relating. Andrea welcomes inquiries from people in Colorado who want straightforward, practical help moving forward.

How Andrea’s approaches translate to online work

Andrea often draws from attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. That work helps when patterns of mistrust, push-pull dynamics, or difficulty relying on others get in the way of close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and anger. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change, which is useful with substance use and getting unstuck from old habits.

Finding the right approach happens together. Andrea will listen to a person’s goals and challenges, then suggest strategies that fit each person’s needs and pace. She adapts methods so the work feels doable and relevant rather than overwhelming.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can focus on progress. Therapists can still use attachment-based, CBT, and motivational techniques effectively through remote visits, and Andrea will help decide which methods suit your situation.