About

Andrea has been providing therapeutic services to adults, children, and families for 25 years. Andrea has a master’s degree in Counseling Education from University of South Florida. She Licensed Mental Health Counselor (2004) and Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (2019) and has extensive experience providing therapy to children and families. Andrea worked in community mental heath for 15 years as an in-home counselor, a Supervisor at Directions for Mental Health and a Clinical Director at Family Enrichment Services. She contracted with Pinellas/Pasco County Family Courts Division to complete child custody/social investigations and provide written custody evaluations to the court from 2005 to 2008. She has extensive experience with providing therapeutic services and was a frequent Expert Witness in Unified Family Court related to reunification of dependency families, adoption and dependency issues with children and their families from 2004 to approximately 2020. Andrea is serves as an expert for the Department of Health: Division of Medical Quality Assurance. Serves as an expert for standard of care and ethics complaints against Florida Licensed Mental Health Professionals since 2020. Andrea Founded the Place for Counseling, a Successful Therapy Private practice in 2011. She works extensively within the Family Law system providing therapeutic services to children and family in high conflict family dynamics. She frequently serves Expert Witness Testifying in Family Court related to child custody issues, high conflict divorce situations and reunification counseling/family systems integration therapy, child therapy from 2005 to present.