Dr. Andrea Shirley
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Accepting new clients online Counselor of color
About Andrea
I am licensed in California with 27 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, lgbtq+ related issues, relationship issues, & family conflicts. 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. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
What Andrea helps with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Andrea works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “I Love and Appreciate of Dr. Shirley! She’s been an immense source to help me grow and develop.”
- “I’m quite impressed with Dr. Shirley. She’s a perfect fit for me as my therapist! Her expertise and knowledge are amazing and I highly recommend her.”
- “Dr. Shirley is amazing. She’s caring and attentive. She’s fair and compassionate and she is very good at helping us communicate and understand ourselves.”
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- “I feel very comfortable with them with my therapist and that I can talk to her about anything gives me a good advice and good coping tools.”
- “I like the way that she always look forward to meeting me and every time we talk she pays attention to every detail. She’s very nice. I like my therapy. I never had a person that makes you feel appreciated and matter she gives you motivation and everything and hope when you’re feeling overwhelmed she has the time to calm you down the time to unwind and she’s always giving good advice to the person she’s talking to I hope I don’t have to leave her because another person like her. I’m not gonna find or a therapist like her genuine honest uncomfortable with talking about anything and everything.”
- “Appreciative of Dr. Shirley pinpointing what’s going on and resolving that issue before moving on.”
- “5 stars! She is amazing!! Made me feel so comfortable!! I’ve made more strides in 2 sessions compared to previous experience. She is awesome!”
- “She very fun and very helpful. Very hands on without being in person and very nice but very real.”
- “Dr. Shirley is amazing.”
- “Dr Shirley is very good at what she does.”
- “Dr. Shirley is very intuitive and knowledgeable. So far I’m very pleased.”
- “Definitely been a help.”
- “Dr. Shirley gives great career advice and helps me stay informed and confident when standing up for myself, both at work and in relationships. She is very down to earth and easy to talk to, which makes the experience feel comfortable and supportive. Our conversations feel genuine and insightful, almost like speaking with a trusted and wise friend or family member. I truly appreciate her guidance.”
- “She's an excellent therapist. Very professional, friendly, and caring.”
- “I appreciate how Dr.Shirley adapts to what I’m needing to work through.”
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