Melinda Andre, LCSW, CSW

Melinda Andre is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Georgia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns including jealousy. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and a range of family and attachment issues. Melinda brings 22 years of clinical experience to her practice and practices in English.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She makes space for honest conversations and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions emphasize clear goals and steady progress rather than vague talk.

Melinda uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws from client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused work, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. That lets her address patterns of thinking, emotional connection, motivation to change, and practical problem solving.

Much of her work has involved reunification, addiction, domestic violence-related issues, anger management, and parenting challenges. She has experience with blended families, adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and commitment problems, and family of origin concerns.

Melinda aims to help people move from feeling stuck to taking usable steps forward. She collaborates on a treatment plan tailored to each person’s needs and helps track progress toward their goals. To get started she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.

How Melinda’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and tailoring the work to each person’s needs. In practice this means the therapist focuses on understanding your perspective and helping you set goals that matter to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical tools to change both. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing unhelpful habits.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Melinda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That may mean mixing approaches, trying one strategy for a few sessions, and adjusting as progress is tracked together.

Because the original biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available online session options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules call for them. It can also let people connect from different locations when coordinating help across time zones. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and client-centered methods to an online setting so sessions focus on step-by-step problem solving, emotion work, and practical homework that supports lasting change.