Andria Howard, LPC-MHSP

Andria Howard is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) in Tennessee. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and LGBTQ-related concerns. She approaches sessions believing clients are the experts on their own lives and that small steps can lead to meaningful change.

Andria has five years of experience working in community mental health settings. She uses practical, person-focused methods to help people manage overwhelming thoughts and everyday habits. In sessions she listens, reflects, and helps people identify realistic next steps they can try between meetings.

Her work draws on client-centered principles alongside cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques. Those approaches aim to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try different ways of responding, and build routines that support better coping. She also brings elements of dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when those fit a person’s goals.

Andria commonly supports people coping with bereavement, trauma and abuse, and identity-related stress. She also has experience with aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, eating and food-related concerns, and a range of family of origin and communication problems. She frames goals around what matters most to each person.

To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to her availability. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Online approaches that focus on thoughts and habits

Client-centered work focuses on the person’s goals and views rather than imposing a path. It means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people name priorities they want to change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical experiments to change small daily habits that get in the way.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches straightforward attention skills and moment-to-moment noticing. That can reduce reactivity and help with stress, anxiety and grief by creating calmer ways to respond to difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean starting with client-centered conversation and adding CBT, mindfulness, DBT skills, or EMDR elements later if they seem helpful.

Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a break, fewer travel demands, or the option to use less bandwidth when needed. These practical benefits can help therapy feel more manageable while focusing on changing thoughts and everyday habits.