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Andrea Reid, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

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Andrea Reid offers a warm, person-centred approach to therapy. She uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, self-esteem struggles and career worries. Andrea works from the view that each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the room.

She aims to give steady support while people make changes that matter to them. Andrea has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration.

Background and approach

She has worked with people navigating life changes such as midlife transitions, pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression and fertility concerns. Other areas she addresses include panic attacks, smoking and vaping cessation, money and financial issues, and feelings of emptiness or dissociation. Her approach draws on client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and building on a person’s own resources.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns. Andrea draws on psychodynamic ideas when it helps to explore longer-standing patterns and emotional roots. Sessions are conversational and tailored to practical goals.

People can expect to talk through current problems, try small experiments or coping steps between sessions, and reflect on what’s most useful. Andrea emphasises collaboration and clear, everyday language rather than clinical jargon. She offers work with caregiver stress and cancer-related concerns, hoarding and ageing or geriatric issues, as well as support around family problems and career transitions.

Sessions are delivered in English and are arranged to fit people’s schedules.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Andrea works within client-centred therapy, which focuses on empathic listening and helping people use their own strengths to solve problems. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to make sense of difficult feelings and decisions.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, a practical method that looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect mood. CBT can help with anxiety, panic attacks, low confidence and unhelpful coping habits by teaching clear steps and small experiments to try between sessions.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Andrea will discuss goals and preferences and choose or combine approaches together with the person. That collaborative planning helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and messaging suits shorter, flexible exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel and to maintain continuity across weeks.

What issues does Andrea focus on?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, self-esteem, career worries and coping with life changes. Additional concerns addressed include panic attacks, postpartum depression and fertility issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Andrea uses a person-centred style that emphasises listening and collaboration. She combines that with cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic ideas when helpful.

What experience does she bring?

Andrea has three years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. Her background includes supporting people through major life transitions and health-related challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds BACP registration and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are used for sessions?

Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Self esteem

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

Contacting Andrea

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Andrea Reid, BACP

Background and approach

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety