Andrea Baker, LMHC

Andrea Baker is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She brings 23 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Andrea often supports people working through grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and career questions. She emphasizes practical steps clients can use right away.

Andrea began her career in therapeutic foster care, teaching children and caregivers positive life and parenting skills. For the past two decades she has worked in hospital settings supporting people facing acute medical crises. That background shaped her approach to coping with illness, chronic pain, and caregiving stress.

Her work focuses on building everyday skills. She uses clear strategies to manage mood, reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and strengthen communication. She also helps people clarify career goals and make concrete action plans toward change.

Andrea is especially attentive to the perinatal period and supports new mothers adjusting to life after childbirth, including those experiencing postpartum depression. She also provides supportive counseling for people navigating serious medical diagnoses and treatment journeys.

In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations tend to be practical and collaborative, with steps to try between meetings. The goal is steady, manageable progress toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. It helps people feel heard and figure out what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Andrea will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration shapes the plan and any homework or practice between meetings.

Confirm session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also make attending from different locations simpler for people balancing medical appointments, caregiving, or work obligations.