Andrew Mercer, LPC, LCPC

Andrew Mercer is a licensed counselor who brings a direct yet compassionate style to therapeutic work, supporting adults as they move toward meaningful change. He has spent years partnering with adults in private practice, and he also worked as a life coach with college-aged clients. He holds LPC and LCPC credentials - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and combines clinical training with practical experience to keep therapy focused and effective.

Former and current clients value his honest, straightforward manner and his patient, compassionate presence that allows answers to emerge over time. He believes life’s struggles should not become all-consuming, and he draws on his own experience of benefit from therapy to inform a collaborative, empathetic approach in either role.

Trained in pastoral counseling and educated at Loyola University in Chicago, he is comfortable addressing spiritual or religious concerns as well as more traditional psychological issues. His clinical orientation is relational, informed by psychodynamic, humanistic, and Adlerian ideas, and he applies these schools of thought in a pragmatic way to help keep the process brief and goal-oriented.

With experience across diverse settings and client needs, he offers particular support for spiritual and religious questions, LGBT issues, anxiety, and coping with grief and loss. He approaches each person with respect for their story and a focus on tangible steps toward relief and growth.