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Andrea Baker

FL LMHC MH8462
Credentials
FL LMHC MH8462
NPI Number
1669224051
Location
Florida
Languages
English
Andrea Baker
23 years experience

About Andrea Baker

I am licensed as a Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 24 years of counseling children and adults. I started my career working with children in therapeutic foster care, teaching kids and parents positive life skills and parenting skills. Over the past 20 years, I have worked in a hospital setting, supporting individuals experiencing acute medical crisis. I have experience in helping clients manage symptoms of anxiety and depression, teaching positive coping strategies, reinforcing effective communication, strengthening self confidence, processing grief and loss, exploring career goals and developing action plans necessary to improved well being. I am passionate about supporting women during the perinatal period who are adjusting to life as a new mom, feeling stressed and overwhelmed, and/or are experiencing postpartum depression. I have significant experience providing supportive counseling for those experiencing medical crisis and navigating their health journey. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.

Licenses

LMHC
MH8462

Professional experience

  • ADHD
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Blended family issues
  • Body image
  • Cancer
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Chronic pain, illness, and disability
  • Codependency
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Control issues
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Dependent personality
  • Divorce and separation
  • Domestic violence
  • Emptiness
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • Fertility issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Impulsivity
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Jealousy
  • Life purpose
  • Midlife crisis
  • Money and financial issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Panic disorder and panic attacks
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Postpartum depression
  • Pregnancy and childbirth
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Self-love
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Somatization
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

4 Reviews

“She is very kind and provides me with a safe place to speak honestly about my feelings. I wasn’t sure about therapy before but speaking with her has made me feel more comfortable talking my anxiety.”

“Andrea is attentive thoughtful kind and caring. I fully appreciate every conversation we have.”

“What I mostly like about my sessions is that I can tell to her about my problems and things I feel embarrassed to discuss with anyone else and she really listens to me. She doesn’t judge me, she just listens and gives me ideas or strategies I can maybe use to deal with my issues.”

“She is very patient and understanding!”

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