Andrea Walker, LICSW, LCSW
Licensed in North Dakota · 21 years in practice
Andrea Walker is a licensed clinical social worker with over 21 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, North Dakota
- 4358 · expires December 2027
- LICSW, Minnesota
- 29212 · expires January 2028
- LCSW, Montana
- BBH-LCSW-LIC-57344 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1881775039 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
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About Andrea
Andrea Walker is a licensed clinical social worker with over 21 years of experience. She practices in Montana and offers thoughtful, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. Andrea uses practical methods to help clients find relief and clearer direction.
Her approach centers on the person in the room. She draws on client-centered work to build trust and to make sessions feel collaborative and focused on the client's goals.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and build more effective coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Andrea has a long history helping people affected by trauma, abuse, and loss.
She also supports those dealing with mood challenges, ADHD, eating and sleep difficulties, and career or parenting stress. Her background includes work with issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family concerns, and domestic violence. In sessions she offers concrete tools alongside space to talk.
That can mean learning new ways to handle anxiety, practicing emotion regulation skills, or using trauma-focused techniques when memories are overwhelming. She also incorporates creative interventions when words are hard to find. Andrea blends online and in-person methods and has developed tools that translate into remote care.
She helps people weigh options and choose approaches that fit their needs. The goal is steady, practical progress toward clearer coping and better day-to-day functioning.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andrea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Andrea names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Andrea’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and partnership. The therapist follows the person's lead, helps clarify goals, and creates a therapeutic plan that reflects the client's priorities. This approach supports people who need a steady, validating presence while they work through stress or relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. Online CBT sessions often include simple exercises and worksheets to use between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Those skills translate well to remote formats, where skills coaching and structured check-ins can be scheduled as needed.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with skills-based work, adding trauma-focused techniques later, or blending approaches over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video helps keep visual connection for deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and texting make quick check-ins and skills practice easier between sessions. These options let clients fit therapy into busy lives and use formats that feel most comfortable.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Andrea commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related family or relationship problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT and DBT, plus trauma-focused methods when needed. Sessions focus on skills, problem-solving, and collaboration.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
Andrea has 21 years of clinical experience working with people affected by trauma, abuse, grief, adjustment issues, and mood or behavioral challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Montana with additional licensure history in Minnesota and North Dakota noted in her background.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
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