- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and DBT skills
- Career and relationships
About Andrew
Andrew Scardina is an LCSW licensed in New York with 11 years of experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career difficulties, and related concerns such as sleeping problems and depression.
He focuses on helping people talk through immediate problems and build clearer ways to cope. Sessions tend to center on practical steps - identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavior changes, and tracking what helps in daily life. He also addresses relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns, and issues like addiction or isolation when they come up.
Andrew draws from client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on each person's concerns. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns that increase anxiety. He also applies skills from dialectical behavior therapy and brief, solution-focused strategies to help clients manage distress and set realistic goals.
Clients can expect a direct, steady approach that centers on concrete tools and small experiments between sessions. He pays attention to how work, family roles, health, and sexual culture issues can affect mood and functioning. He also notes experience with topics such as avoidant or dependent personality features, chronic pain or illness, fatherhood issues, and fertility-related stress.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow a subscription-based schedule that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients fill out a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session using the "See online therapy options" button.
How his approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters to the person in the room. Online, this means sessions emphasize your concerns and choices, with the therapist following your lead and clarifying what you want to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses small experiments and practice tasks to shift patterns that feed anxiety. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving tolerance for distress.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Andrew will work collaboratively to decide which approaches fit your needs and goals. That may mean trying CBT exercises for social anxiety, adding DBT coping skills when emotions run high, or using brief solution-focused steps for a specific problem at work. Plans are adjusted based on what helps in everyday life.
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats he offers. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work or family commitments. The focus is on practical tools and exercises that can be used between appointments to address anxiety, avoidance, and related concerns.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, career difficulties, sleeping troubles, depression, and related issues such as relationship strain and addictions.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a practical, talk-focused approach with client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, DBT skills, and brief solution-focused methods to help with everyday problems.
How long has he been practicing?
He has 11 years of professional experience working with people on a range of concerns.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He is an LCSW licensed in New York and works with clients in that context.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Sessions use a subscription that varies with location and can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start?
Click the "See online therapy options" button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.