Andrea Dilley-Frame, LPC

Andrea Dilley-Frame is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, mood swings, addiction, and trauma. Her work centers on practical steps someone can use day to day to feel steadier and more in control.

Andrea listens for patterns that cause pain, such as attachment wounds, codependency, or family-of-origin problems. She helps people name those patterns and tries simple, usable strategies to change them. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at building skills that carry into everyday life.

Her approach draws from several well-known methods, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior therapy skills, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. She blends these tools to match each person's situation rather than using a single fixed method. The emphasis is on practical options that the person can try between sessions.

Andrea often focuses on issues around relationships, communication, workplace stress, and substance use. She supports people as they work through post-traumatic stress, self-harm urges, and complex mood or personality concerns. The aim is to increase safety, emotional regulation, and clearer decision-making.

If someone wants to begin, Andrea asks what matters most to them and helps set goals that feel relevant. She works at a steady pace, inviting small changes that add up over time.

Approach-focused online therapy and what to expect

Andrea uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and emotional safety; this can help with abandonment fears, codependency, and repeating relationship problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep anxiety or depression stuck; it often includes simple exercises to practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrea will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then recommend techniques that fit their needs. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to try and adjust as progress unfolds.

The biography does not list which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people practice skills in real-world routines and bring those experiences back to sessions for discussion.