Andrea Croston
Compassionate person-centred counsellor
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About Andrea
Andrea Croston helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and addictive behaviours. She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, intimacy and relationship difficulties. She also supports people facing parenting strain, career decisions, ADHD and long-term health or caring challenges.
Andrea uses a person-centred stance and draws on several therapeutic methods to suit each person. Andrea began counselling work over 20 years ago through voluntary roles with charities.
Background and approach
In September 2022 she completed a Level 4 qualification in counselling and psychotherapy. She also holds BACP registration, which is recorded here as BACP. Her everyday style is straightforward and respectful.
She avoids positioning herself as the expert and encourages people to speak about what matters most to them. Sessions focus on listening, building understanding and finding practical ways to cope with difficulties. Andrea combines person-centred practice with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas.
She adapts techniques to each person’s needs rather than following a single formula. She keeps developing professionally and personally, and draws on many years of experience volunteering and supporting people through trauma and life changes. Andrea aims to make therapy a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide the work.
If someone needs to begin, they are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 414548
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Andrea's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Andrea works with
Everything Andrea lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrea lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Andrea works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt them as the work progresses.
Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking as the profile does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow check-ins during breaks or between commitments. Some formats are quicker and better for brief check-ins, while others allow fuller conversations; the therapist can help choose what suits a person’s schedule and needs.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Andrea help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and trauma. Other areas include self-esteem, grief, intimacy concerns and career or parenting strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centred and respectful, emphasising listening and the client’s own knowledge of what hurts. She blends practical techniques with empathic listening.
How much experience does she have?
Andrea has over 20 years of experience working in voluntary counselling roles and completed a Level 4 qualification in counselling and psychotherapy in September 2022. Her profile lists four years of professional experience.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats on this profile; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Andrea?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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