Andrea Goodwin is a licensed professional counselor with 16 years of experience providing thoughtful, down-to-earth support.
01About Andrea
Andrea Goodwin is a licensed professional counselor with 16 years of experience providing thoughtful, down-to-earth support. She offers a calm, listening presence and practical steps to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life. Andrea centers sessions on what the person brings each week.
She uses straightforward conversation to untangle worry, low mood, and stress. Sessions often include concrete strategies for coping, clearer communication skills, and ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
Her practice addresses common concerns like anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and coping with big life changes. Andrea also gives attention to issues linked to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric concerns, attachment questions, and body image. She pays close attention to how family of origin problems, codependency, and patterns of avoidance affect current struggles.
Andrea draws on client-centered methods to follow the client's lead and build trust. She adds cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice thought patterns and try different behaviors. Existential ideas are used to help people find meaning and clearer direction when life feels confusing.
Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled from Arkansas. People connect by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Payment is handled through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged according to therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Arkansas)
- License P2308015 · expires May 2026
- NPI
- 1295977726 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andrea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Andrea names
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04Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Andrea uses client-centered work to create a listening, respectful space where the person sets the pace and topics. This approach helps when someone needs to be heard and to build trust before trying new skills.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers clear, step-by-step tools to reduce worry, lift low mood, and change patterns that cause repeated pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey, and Andrea treats it as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being off camera helps. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, brief coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
These options make scheduling more flexible and let people keep continuity of care when life gets busy or travel is needed. Licensed professionals can combine formats so the plan fits the person's daily routine and communication style.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Andrea address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related topics such as family of origin issues and substance concerns.
What is the therapy style like?
Sessions are client-centered and conversational, with practical CBT techniques and existential reflection used as needed.
How much clinical experience is there?
The therapist has 16 years of experience working with emotional and life-transition challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an AR LPC, licensed in Arkansas and practicing from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
People may connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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