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Andrea cultivates a therapy experience for her clients that is both authentic and action-oriented — where compassion and understanding meet clear direction. As a certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist (DBT), she equips her clients with tangible resources and practical strategies to cultivate real progress outside of therapy, allowing for the client experience to feel both purposeful and intentional. In every session, Andrea fosters a sense of momentum, giving clients a felt sense of empowerment, understanding, and awareness within their own change. Andrea is consistently guided by her clients’ goals, ensuring that sessions feel worthwhile, collaborative, and grounded in growth.

owner, clinical director, individual therapist, and DBT skills group leader

Andrea Santa Maria PhD LPC-MHSP


Collaborative, goal-oriented, authentic, empowering, resourceful

specialty areas

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Familial relationships & relational trauma

  • Anxiety + panic

client focus

andrea's favorite quote

“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”

Anna Freud

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