About Andrea
Andrea Croston is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, self-esteem issues, grief and LGBT-related matters. Andrea uses a person-centred stance and works alongside clients to understand what matters to them most.
Andrea began her counselling journey over 20 years ago and completed a Level 4 award in counselling and psychotherapy in September 2022. She holds BACP registration.
Background and approach
Over two decades she has volunteered in charity settings and built practical experience by listening and responding to people in distress. Her sessions aim to be holistic and grounded in everyday life. Andrea believes the person knows their own story best, and she offers steady listening, reflection and practical ways to move forward.
She avoids presenting herself as an expert who has all the answers. Andrea combines person-centred work with techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and emotionally attuned approaches. She also draws on attachment-based thinking and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy when they fit a person’s needs.
She describes ongoing professional and personal development as central to her practice. That learning helps her adapt to each person’s situation and to stay responsive over time. To begin, clients follow the site’s Start Therapy flow, complete a short matching questionnaire and then book sessions according to Andrea’s schedule.
She is open to working with international clients who use the platform.
What Andrea works with
Everything Andrea lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Andrea is listed here; the rest shows what else Andrea works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrea lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Andrea often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to shape online work. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match a person’s values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from close relationships and how they influence current reactions; it can be useful for intimacy concerns, attachment issues and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the collaboration. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods together to see what helps most. Decisions about techniques are made jointly, and approaches can be adjusted as needs change.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered online, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time and have shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow sessions when someone is living abroad, since international clients are accepted. Registered or accredited professionals on the platform typically tailor sessions to a person’s routine and practical constraints rather than promising a single fixed method.
Questions people ask about Andrea
What kinds of concerns does Andrea work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, grief and relationship issues, plus many related areas such as self-esteem and parenting.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and collaborative, focusing on listening and practical steps. She mixes that with tools from CBT, ACT and attachment-based approaches when useful.
What is her background and experience?
Andrea began working with people over 20 years ago and has volunteered in multiple charity settings. She has four years of documented professional experience since qualifying at Level 4 in counselling and psychotherapy in 2022.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients through the platform.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options on the booking page before you schedule.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Andrea?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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