Andrea Shaw

Hello, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), with 28 years of experience. I believe my role is to provide tools and resources to empower individuals to make changes and shift negative thinking that blocks their growth to becoming the best version of themselves. I provide compassionate care and counseling to individuals in Illinois, Missouri and Florida via Telehealth. I achieved a Master’s Degree in Social Work and a Master of Business Administration Degree. I have extensive experience in Leadership and Direct Care positions within Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health and Addiction facilities. As a result of those experiences, I witnessed and truly believe mental health and addiction recovery is possible. As we each experience our life’s journey, the good, bad, and ugly, we continue to learn and grow along the way. Many journeys will include troubled times resulting in anxiety, depression, grief, loss, parenting difficulties, relationship issues, addictions and other challenges along the way. But most will also include exciting and positive times such as graduations, college, marriage, career advancements, births, relocations, new homes, new friends, and many more. Although positive, adjustment to these experiences may also result in a need for support. As a Social Worker, my approach is holistic and will focus on individual psychology, as well as other factors such as health issues, work, living and social environments. My goal is to help patients find hope, joy and peace. They will achieve this by utilizing healthy coping skills with confidence, calmness, and clarity.