About Andrea
Dr. Andrea Wheeler brings 17 years of clinical experience to common concerns like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and coping with major life changes. She approaches work with people who face addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and panic.
Her tone is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at helping people take practical steps toward feeling steadier day to day. Dr. Wheeler uses clear, goal-focused conversations to help people sort priorities and build coping routines.
Background and approach
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients notice thoughts without getting swept away by them. Attachment-based ideas guide her when patterns in relationships are central to the problem.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy tools are used to slow down strong feelings and name needs in a way that reduces shame. Client-centered principles mean sessions are shaped around each person’s pace and concerns. She has worked with issues stemming from family of origin, caregiver stress, codependency, divorce, substance use, and isolation.
Dr. Wheeler focuses on practical strategies clients can try between sessions, along with gentle reflection on what keeps difficulties going. Sessions are offered from Maryland and conducted in English.
Her practice aims to be a steady place to test new habits, clarify values, and build skills for managing attention, mood, and relationships.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions consistent with those values; it can help when attention, avoidance, or mood get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building concrete skills for managing anxiety, panic, and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and helps people notice how early bonds influence current closeness and trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit. That collaborative planning lets the therapist and client adjust techniques so sessions stay useful and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility with several formats: video calls when face-to-face style conversation is helpful, phone sessions if bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a break, live chat for shorter exchanges, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions, try tools in daily life, and follow up quickly on homework or new challenges.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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