Andrea Watson, LMFT

Andrea Watson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who has worked in the mental health field for more than ten years. She has held professional licensure since 2018 and maintains licenses in both Tennessee and California. LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a credential that indicates specialized training in working with individuals, couples, and families.

Her approach to therapy is warm and grounded in acceptance and understanding. She treats people with respect, compassion, empathy, and positive regard, and incorporates each person’s life experiences, beliefs, values, and perspective into the therapeutic process. Andrea focuses on helping clients build insight and practical skills to address concerns and seize opportunities for growth.

Andrea describes her theoretical orientation as eclectic, drawing primarily on cognitive behavioral therapy while also using solution-focused techniques, psychodynamic ideas, narrative strategies, existential perspectives, and structural family therapy when appropriate. She believes that offering a range of techniques allows her to tailor care to the specific needs of each client.

She has worked with a broad spectrum of issues, which informs her ability to assist with depression, anxiety, dual diagnosis, addictions, relationship and parenting concerns, and life or career transitions. Andrea has also supported people recovering from physical trauma or emotional abuse by helping them reshape interaction patterns into healthier ways of relating. She looks forward to working with clients who are ready to engage in meaningful change.