The process of psychotherapy is a personal journey.
The destination? Coming home to yourself.
For this exploration, I promise to be a partner at your side
bringing kindness and curiosity, empathy and respect.
I am an experienced psychotherapist.
I dedicate myself to helping you heal, grow, and find greater calm,
while connecting more deeply to yourself and to others.
Offering psychotherapy for adults, college-age and up, on-line or in-person in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and across the state.
Andrea Shaw, PhD, MFT
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, & Marriage & Family Therapist
Welcome!
Since finding the right therapist can feel daunting, I hope what I’ve written around this site will ease the process. Because when you develop a relationship with a therapist who works to understand you, that collaboration will likely help you discover new ways to work with challenges, heal past or present pain, and make intentional decisions on how you live your life.
As a clinician working in a medical clinic, I’ve been referring people to Andrea for 9 years! Our referral collaboration on patient care has yielded much relief, growth and healing for those who have worked with her. Andrea is very perceptive and adept at understanding people. She has a keen sense of compassion, is knowledgeable, and deeply skillful. She has worked diligently with those I have sent her way who are often navigating the complexities of life and mental health struggles. What I have seen repeatedly from her work is that clients experience more freedom from presenting issues and have new skills to tend to life with more ease. I will keep sending people her way!
Anna Kirby, MSW, LCSW
Stress Management and Behavioral Health
Consider that...
- Your strengths are significant or you wouldn’t even be considering psychotherapy.
- It takes courage and openness to seek and receive help.
- Change is possible. Growth can happen. I know because I have the privilege of seeing the transformation of thought and behavior patterns almost daily.
Are you curious to know yourself and others better?
Does that possibility intrigue you?
Perfect, because that’s a lot of what therapy is for.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lie our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor Frankl
Auschwitz survivor, neurologist, psychologist, and philosopher
Reach out for a 20-minute complimentary call
There’s a lot of beauty in this world, and there are many challenges.
Let’s see what we can discover together to decrease your stress
and support
your self-understanding, your clarity, and your calm…
andrea@andreashawpsychotherapy.com or text 919-395-3312
Andrea Shaw, PhD, MFT
Transforming Challenge into Opportunity, PLLC
Offering psychotherapy for adults, college-age and up, on-line or in-person in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and across the state.
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