About Andrew
Andrew Merritt is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, and ADHD. He also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family strain, sleep troubles, anger, and career transitions.
He has lived and worked in several U.S. states and abroad, and he values cultural diversity. He holds a master's degree in counseling and is licensed in Oklahoma and Colorado as an LPC.
Background and approach
This background shapes a broad view of people and life circumstances. In sessions he keeps things practical and direct. He asks questions to help people recognize unhelpful beliefs and gently challenges patterns that get in the way of daily coping.
He uses proven methods focused on trauma and thinking patterns when those fit the concern. He often combines approaches to meet a person’s needs. That can include skill-building for stress and anger, strategies to improve sleep, and ways to manage mood shifts or focus challenges.
He encourages adding new routines and traditions that support thriving, not just surviving. Andrew describes therapy as a shared journey. He aims to treat people with respect and to help them find workable steps forward.
Many come to learn skills, reframe old stories, and build clearer routines to manage everyday life.
Practical approaches for online care and daily challenges
Andrew uses evidence-based techniques that focus on thinking patterns and trauma recovery. Cognitive-focused work helps people identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related thinking challenges, and mood shifts because it teaches new ways to notice and change thought patterns.Trauma-focused methods provide structured ways to address past hurts and reduce their day-to-day impact. These techniques guide people through understanding how trauma affects beliefs and behavior, and offer step-by-step tools for coping and recovery.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try methods, track what helps, and adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online therapy offers flexible options that fit modern life. Video calls let people connect face to face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit short coaching-style conversations into a busy day. These formats make it simpler to maintain continuity and practice new skills consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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