Andrea Reid, BACP

Andrea Reid uses a person-centred approach to help people cope with stress and anxiety. She combines listening with practical strategies to support parents, people worried about their careers, and those facing life changes. Andrea holds BACP credentialing and works from the United Kingdom.

She believes each person knows their own story and has strengths to draw on. Sessions begin by hearing what matters to the client and what they want to change. From there Andrea blends gentle exploration with practical tools to build confidence and reduce overwhelm.

Andrea draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of coping. She also uses psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that can come from past experiences. The balance between talking things through and trying short exercises is chosen with the client.

Typical concerns she addresses include stress, panic, low self-esteem, parenting pressures and problems at work. She also offers support for life stages and medical-related challenges such as cancer, fertility or pregnancy related issues. Andrea can help with caregiver strain, ageing worries and midlife transitions.

Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different routines. Fees vary with location and the work is organised through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment.

How Andrea's approaches work online

Andrea uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's priorities first. Sessions begin by hearing what matters and building on each person's strengths, which can help with stress, parenting pressures and low confidence.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical exercises to change reactions. This approach is useful for anxiety, panic and coping with life transitions. Psychodynamic ideas may be offered too to help identify repeating patterns from earlier life that still affect choices today.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Andrea will work with the client to decide which combination of talking, practical exercises or reflection fits their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can change as therapy progresses.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use screen sharing or worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging suits ongoing, shorter contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and medical appointments while using the approaches described above.