Andrea Croston, BACP
4 years in practice
Andrea Croston offers support for stress, anxiety, low self‑esteem, addiction-related concerns and grief.
License and registration
- BACP
- 414548 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Andrea
Andrea Croston offers support for stress, anxiety, low self‑esteem, addiction-related concerns and grief. She also helps people facing trauma and abuse, relationship or intimacy issues, parenting pressures and career stress. Andrea works with a wide range of life challenges including sleep and eating problems, compassion fatigue, ADHD and managing major life changes.
Andrea uses a person-centred base and blends practical approaches to meet each person where they are. She listens carefully and helps people name what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual, with time spent on immediate coping skills as well as longer term patterns. Andrea completed a Level 4 in counselling and psychotherapy in September 2022 and holds BACP registration. Before formal qualification she spent many years volunteering in charity settings and supporting people through crisis and trauma.
That background shaped a down-to-earth style and an emphasis on steady, relational work. Her practice draws on Systemic ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based methods, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques. She chooses tools that fit a person’s goals rather than following one fixed method.
Conversations often mix problem solving, emotional exploration and practical coping strategies. Andrea describes herself as continually learning both professionally and personally. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and aims to offer steady, non-judgemental support while people find ways to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andrea lists on their public professional profile, 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 counseling
- 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 names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior 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
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 therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Andrea combines Systemic ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred practice. Systemic approaches look at patterns and relationships that affect how someone copes, helping identify practical changes in daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match your values, which can help with anxiety, stress and life transitions. Client-centred work gives space for people to lead the conversation while the therapist reflects and supports emotional understanding.Finding the right fit is part of the process. Andrea will explore your goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and adapt which approaches she uses together with you. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they meet your immediate needs as well as longer term aims.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between longer sessions. These options give flexibility and accessibility for people with different schedules and needs.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Andrea help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting pressures, ADHD and many other life challenges.
What is Andrea's therapy style like?
Her style is person-centred and collaborative. Andrea listens closely, helps clients set priorities and mixes emotional work with practical coping strategies.
What relevant background does she have?
Andrea began volunteering in charity settings over 20 years ago and supported people through traumatic times. She later completed a Level 4 in counselling and psychotherapy in September 2022.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP registration and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Andrea offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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