- 22 years experience
- Depression and anxiety
- Affirming for LGBT clients
About Andrew
Dr. Andrew Mendonsa is a clinical psychologist who helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, and identity questions. He brings 22 years of experience and a straightforward, practical approach to sessions. He aims to create a calm space where people can speak openly and work toward clearer goals.
He focuses on real-life problems such as work stress, relationship struggles, grief, sleep troubles, and challenges linked to sexual identity and kink or alternative sexual cultures. He also works with issues like addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, parenting strain, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. He speaks English and accepts international clients.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. He blends approaches that include acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavior techniques, and elements of dialectical behavior work. In practice that means building skills for mood and stress management, clarifying values, and improving communication and relationships.
His background spans community mental health, addiction services, the criminal justice system, and consulting with high-level professionals. That mix informs a practical style that suits people juggling career demands and personal challenges. He describes therapy as a focused process aimed at getting people functioning better rather than an open-ended commitment.
To begin, people use the site's Start Therapy process to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. Cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
He focuses on real-life problems such as work stress, relationship struggles, grief, sleep troubles, and challenges linked to sexual identity and kink or alternative sexual cultures. He also works with issues like addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, parenting strain, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. He speaks English and accepts international clients.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. He blends approaches that include acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavior techniques, and elements of dialectical behavior work. In practice that means building skills for mood and stress management, clarifying values, and improving communication and relationships.
His background spans community mental health, addiction services, the criminal justice system, and consulting with high-level professionals. That mix informs a practical style that suits people juggling career demands and personal challenges. He describes therapy as a focused process aimed at getting people functioning better rather than an open-ended commitment.
To begin, people use the site's Start Therapy process to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. Cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.