About Andrea
Andrea Bercos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 21 years of professional experience. He focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and a broad range of sexuality and gender matters.
Background and approach
His background includes extensive work in substance abuse treatment, domestic violence and sexual assault services, community mental health, the public school system, and independent practice. Andrea brings particular experience supporting people through gender transition and addressing LGBTQIA concerns alongside treatment for process and substance addictions, codependency, family of origin issues, and self-harm.
He aims to create an open, nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore difficult feelings and experiences. Andrea combines empathic listening with evidence-based methods to help clients clarify goals and build practical coping strategies.
Clients seeking help with career pressures, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder management, eating and intimacy issues, or compassion fatigue may find his approach grounded and approachable. He encourages taking the first step toward therapy and works collaboratively to identify the interventions that best match each person’s needs.
Approaches and Online Options for Healing and Change
Andrea uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, empathic setting where clients lead the pace and focus of sessions while feeling heard and validated. This approach helps people process identity, grief, and relationship concerns by prioritizing their experiences and goals.He also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past abuse and assault, using targeted strategies to reduce symptoms and support recovery. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping skills for anxiety, mood, and addiction-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. He works with each client to assess needs, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on progress and preferences so the treatment fits personal goals rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so clients can access care from different locations and at varying times. These remote formats allow for consistent follow-up, real-time problem solving, and ongoing support that can be matched to an individual's schedule and communication style.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English