Andrea Canon Adams is a licensed professional counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma professional who offers counseling services based on a cognitive-behavioral approach combined with a grace-based perspective for children ages 9-12 and 17 and older to individuals, parents and families. She incorporates skills and therapeutic techniques gained through her history of working with adults, children and adolescents with a variety of concerns and levels of need. Her experience in caring has included working for area hospices, mental health clinics, inpatient acute care hospitals, long term residential care facilities, specialty children’s hospitals and behavioral health managed care. She has led the Divorce Care for Kids community support group and also has a background in preschool education. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, Andrea has been licensed in the state of Texas since 2002.
Andrea understands that we all have a patchwork of different experiences throughout our lives and places emphasis on the importance of our perceptions of those events. She believes it is the perception of life events that greatly influence us and can control our thinking, moods and behaviors. It is Andrea’s desire to help each person find their way through the difficult circumstances of life by offering hope in healing, sincere and honest counsel and a path towards developing faith based resiliency.
She believes that each individual’s health and welfare are important and approaches the care of everyone desiring change with great respect. Through her work experience and education she is committed to providing professional care at Planting Seeds.
Education:
Stephen F. Austin State University: M.A. in Counseling
University of Southern Mississippi.: B.S. in Psychology
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Member in Good Standing:
American Counseling Association
International Association for Trauma Professionals
Therapeutic Specialties: Grief and loss, Trauma, Life Transitions, Parent coaching, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Childhood, Adolescent and Adult issues.
Licensed Professional Counselor (TX# 17901)