Andrea Stocker , LCSW

Andrea Stocker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California who brings nearly ten years of experience across social service settings. Her background includes work in a group home, homeless services, housing programs, a prison environment, and community health, giving her a broad perspective on the challenges people face and the systems that shape those experiences. She has also worked directly with older adults, adding depth to her understanding of aging and related concerns.

Andrea adopts a whole-person, client-centered approach to care, focusing on each person’s unique strengths, history, and goals. She has extensive experience helping people manage depression, anger, and anxiety, and she supports those working through eating disorders while following the Health at Every Size model. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, addictions, stress, sleep and eating concerns, self-esteem, and career challenges.

Andrea is sex positive and comfortable working with people in the LGBTQ+ community and those involved in alternative relationship structures, including the BDSM and kink community. Her work combines practical strategies with empathy and collaboration to help clients navigate life changes and build more satisfying connections and coping skills.

Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the therapist’s acceptance, empathy, and attentiveness to each person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and supported while they explore values, goals, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and building practical skills to change behaviors and emotional responses; it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches moment-to-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience, which can reduce reactivity and improve coping with distressing emotions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrea works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals and then shapes sessions around the methods that fit best, adjusting over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility to connect in ways that suit a person’s life - whether by video call, phone session, live chat, or ongoing text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, or mobility constraints and allow licensed professionals and therapists to deliver structured, effective support without requiring travel.