Andrea Cooper
Andrea Cooper
(she/her)
I am honored to be able to assist others with challenges throughout life and I have been counseling clients for almost 20 years. I have worked with trauma, and criminal justice issues as well as parenting challenges. I am experienced in LGBTQ+ struggles, Parenting Coordination, Play Therapy, Parenting Skills, and I am a Divorce Mediator and worked for Children's Protective Services. I am trauma focused and I believe trauma colors our behaviors and our future self. I use Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy to explore past trauma that is affecting your life. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change those thinking errors that are interfering with your judgment and behaviors. My clients will be served by me on a weekly basis through the convenience of telehealth. Together we will identify goals and objectives to meet so you can begin to improve your symptoms, your mental health, and your life. For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I will work with you for 12 sessions with Cognitive Processing Theory . Most clients see progress in the first 4-5 sessions.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Our first session could consist of some discussion regarding your background, reason for reaching out to me for therapy and questions you may have for me. We will complete any forms, measures, and assessments we need to add to your chart. We will find a common goal for you and an understanding of what you expect in therapy and begin to bond. We will discuss a treatment plan together to lay out steps to begin to improve your life and meet you goals. We will finish up by introducing any types of therapy we decide together to explore for your benefit.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I enjoy working with trauma and seeing the progress my clients make through therapy. I use a gold standard, evidenced based assessment to target areas in a person's life that have been affected by trauma. I believe my therapy style is solution focused and based on reality. I explore thinking errors and how they affect a person's life. I make evening and Saturday appointments available and conduct therapy while the client is in their own home in order to make the experience as convenient as possible for the client.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My clients will consist of adolescents, teens, and adults needing individual therapy. I also work with LGBTQ+ populations. I am best matched with clients who are looking for real growth, being able to cope with trauma symptoms and possibly free themselves from the past with my help, support parents in learning their parenting style and how to train and guide their child to the best of their ability. I hope to support a client who is a single parent or a parent with custody issues. My clients will be LGBTQ+ who are struggling with society's idea of what is an identity and relationship. I love to assist these clients in finding their identity and path to their true self. I then assist them in coping with traveling an alternative road in the world. I hope to have my ideal client go forth and live their better life, with better quality and freedom from issues that were holding them back.
About Andrea Cooper
Andrea Cooper offers therapy covered by Parkland Community Health Plan - Medicaid and UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicaid in Texas.
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Cognitive Processing (CPT)
I use cognitive processing therapy for trauma. This therapy has been used for the military and has been a great help to non military clients as a therapy that has real results for clients.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is the evidenced based therapy for changing your thinking errors and your perceptions. You can actually give your life a fresh look and come out with positive ways to live.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy is a therapy that allows the client to reprocess memories of trauma. I have been trained in this therapy since 2021 and have had great successes.