Practitioner record · Checked 7 Oct 2026
Andrea Bednarz has been in practice 20 years and is licensed in New Hampshire. Andrea lists stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts among 35 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Andrea's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Andrea works with
Andrea lists 5 specialisms and 30 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Andrea chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Andrea's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
Are you carrying unresolved trauma that still shows up in your daily life? Perhaps you’re struggling to cope with a painful family estrangement, feeling disconnected from your partner, or navigating disenfranchised grief, such as the loss of a pet? Do you find yourself masking just to get through the day? Numbing out, scrolling endlessly, gaming, shopping, turning to alcohol or substances for relief? It’s time to say goodbye to avoidance and behavioral patterns that no longer serve you and begin healing whilst creating a life that feels more authentic and fulfilling. Imagine rewriting your story. This is where you can begin.
I specialize in working with mood disorders, substance misuse/dependence, adult children of emotionally immature parents (EIPs), boundary development, parenting and family dynamics. Pet loss and disenfranchised grief are also close to my heart. Therapy should NOT be stressful. The last thing I want is for you to dread coming to your counseling appts! Will it be hard work? Yes. However, I make every effort to make sure the experience is as satisfying as possible and ensure that therapy will be something you can stick with through the tough sessions and growing pains of changing your life!
Andrea Bednarz, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Oct 2026
03 · What happens next
Andrea practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Andrea's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Andrea at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Andrea is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Andrea.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Before you commit
Built from what Andrea actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Andrea's - Andrea has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.
“How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”
Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.
“With 20 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”
Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.
“How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”
On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.
05 · Practical details
06 · Provenance
Andrea's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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