About Andrea
Andrea Knepper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience in direct clinical practice. She brings practical care and steady presence to sessions. Andrea combines a respect for people's lived experience with clear, down-to-earth guidance.
Andrea's background includes long experience leading outdoor-based programs for marginalized youth and decades of work in community settings. That history shaped her style - creative, grounded, and focused on real-world problems. She values approaches that meet people where they are and help them use their strengths.
How Andrea works
In the room she leans on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person and their goals, and Motivational Interviewing, which helps people find internal reasons to change. Those methods are used to address stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma, and to build better coping with life changes.
She also addresses family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, multicultural concerns, post-traumatic stress, and the impact of prejudice and discrimination. Andrea aims to help people sort through difficult feelings and make workable plans for daily life. Andrea trained with a BA in Music from Oberlin College and earned a Master of Social Work from Loyola University.
She describes her clinical work as collaborative and practical, often bringing creativity from her outdoor leadership into therapeutic conversations. People who choose her can expect straightforward discussion, attention to strengths, and a focus on small steps that make life more manageable.
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What Andrea works with
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following a person's own goals. In practice this means sessions emphasize the client's concerns, with the therapist reflecting back what matters and helping set achievable steps. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, nonjudgmental way of talking that uncovers a person's reasons for change and builds momentum for action. It can help with anxiety, stress, coping with life transitions, and behavior change.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Andrea will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will adjust the approach as needs and goals become clearer.
The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Many people find virtual sessions helpful for keeping regular appointments, managing short check-ins, and working through emotion-focused topics from wherever they are located in Illinois. Online work can make it easier to maintain momentum between sessions and to try techniques that fit daily routines.
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A practical next step
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