About Clatoyia
Clatoyia Andrews is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, depression, grief, trauma and related concerns. She supports people dealing with relationship and family strain, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and major life changes. Clatoyia speaks English and practices from North Carolina.
She brings five years of direct clinical experience across several settings. That includes one-on-one skill building for people with serious mental illness, leading groups in school settings, and offering brief therapy in emergency room and phone-based contexts.
Background and approach
She draws on practical methods to help people cope right away. Her style is relaxed and straightforward. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and building on them to solve current problems.
She uses tools drawn from cognitive approaches, mindfulness, solution-focused work, and strengths-based ideas to make change feel manageable. In the room she aims to be caring and supportive while also being down-to-earth. She adjusts the approach to fit each person’s needs and preferences.
Humor and warmth are often part of how she connects and helps people open up. Clatoyia earned a Master of Social Work from Norfolk State University and holds credentials as MD LCSW-C 29835 and NC LCSW C013887. She offers therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Clatoyia commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral techniques, which focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. These methods use concrete exercises and homework to make change between sessions.She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice stress reactions and build simple habits for calmer responses. Mindfulness can be helpful for emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and reducing overwhelm. Additionally, solution-focused techniques concentrate on small, practical steps toward clear goals, making them useful for coping with life changes and relationship problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust over time based on what helps. The emphasis is on what works in everyday life and on practical progress rather than on fixed programs.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support around a busy schedule. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family responsibilities while using approaches that are tailored to their needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also works with
- ADHD
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland
- Languages
- English