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Andrea Schmitz Counseling, PLLC

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Andrea Schmitz Counseling, PLLC

Counseling for individual, family and marriage therapy provided. Specialty in trauma based therapy.
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Therapy is generally provided by telehealth (video or phone sessions). The address listed for the business is a mailing address ONLY. In -person sessions can be made by request and scheduled per therapist availability. Individual sessions are available
Marriage and family therapy appointment times are full.

03/29/2026

Perfectly imperfect 💜

12/24/2025

❤️🎄❤️Merry Christmas❤️🎄❤️

12/21/2025

I get this a lot from people about using Chat GPT for sessions. If interested, read Chat GPT response.

I asked ChatGPT what it thinks about people using it for therapy.

What are your thoughts on people using you for therapy instead of a licensed human?

ChatGPT said:

Good question — and honestly, it's a little like using a well-stocked vending machine when you really need a chef. I can offer insight, coping tools, reflective questions, and even a comforting tone. But I’m not a substitute for a licensed therapist.

Here’s why that matters:

I don’t have real empathy. I can simulate it, but I don’t feel it. A good therapist feels with you, which helps healing happen.

I can’t watch for red flags. A human therapist knows when something serious (like suicidal ideation or psychosis) is happening and how to respond safely.

I don’t hold a therapeutic relationship. There’s no confidentiality agreement, no continuity of care, and no mutual accountability.

I can’t challenge you in person. Real growth often comes from discomfort and confrontation, which a skilled therapist does carefully. I’m too polite and safe by default.

That said, people use me to supplement therapy all the time: for journaling, practicing CBT skills, organizing thoughts before sessions, etc. That’s where I can be helpful — kind of like a smart mirror, not a healer.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to our clients and colleagues 🧡 This time of year can be challenging for so many. Please reach out should you need support.

11/26/2025

A colleague of mine wrote this and thought I'd pass along. I love Winnie the Pooh.... and the lesson to love people where they are not where you want them to be.

https://www.ryanmsheadelcsw.com/post/the-hundred-acre-wood-a-lesson-in-loving-people-as-they-are

09/13/2024

Sometimes, you have to get thru a big storm to find a double rainbow on the other side.

This happened last night after a huge storm. It got me thinking about how life can feel so big and overwhelming, and then something reminds you that those moments are necessary to get to the other side of the storm and it always passes.

So enjoy my double rainbow pictures❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩷💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

09/09/2024

Be brave 💜🧡💙💚
Your future self will thank you

07/25/2024

good morning :) happy thursday!!
I am constantly amazed at the resilience my clients have and have endured some of the hardest things in the world to overcome. Sometimes we have to dig to find it, but it is there. Sometimes we have to learn new skills, but those skills can be learned and enhanced.

07/12/2024

Hello friends - it's been a while.

This year has pretty much hijacked my extra "space" to be able to post here as "one more thing I should do" and I was able to eliminate the extras and just focus on the "have to get these things done." I firmly believe in being honest and upfront with people and get thru the "fluff." So suffice to say - this year has had a LOT of death and grief, a lot of messy situations, and a lot of people (personally and professionally) in my life really struggling with some really big things. I keep describing life as feeling like I have to make the bed while the house is on fire burning down around me.

#1 Grief: uuuuugh. So many emotions all in the space of 5 minutes. I can go from sad, to angry, to laughing, to sad - and not even realize what just happened. Grief is a hard topic because everyone experiences this soooo differently. And ALL of that is absolutely normal which feels really strange while you're experiencing it. Instead of judging the emotion - be curious about it. Sit with it and wonder how the emotions play out in a typical day - or moment. What just happened inside of me that allowed me to laugh when I just want to lay in bed and pull the covers up over my head and cry and eat ice cream? Try reflecting on the emotion instead of judging it for right or wrong. It's ok to laugh and feel joy when you are deep in grief.

Take a breath, and remember that you can get through all the hard days - they're hard - no doubt, but you have the capacity to find the strength from within to get through it all. Sometimes if you just remember to breathe, feel your heart beating, and the strength of the heart and those vibrations can get you through some of the hardest moments. You're ok. You're going to be ok. Your body and your emotions are doing exactly what they're meant to do in this moment.

SUPPORT: A colleague of mine is hosting an online grief group called, Good Grief. Good Grief - "Allow yourself time and space to feel grief and let the guided meditation and music bring you comfort.
This is an invitation to an online guided meditation and sound healing session for anyone that needs comfort. Join me in community and experience this guided meditation and music session online. 8pm, MST July 25, 2024"

Here is the link to join her group: https://events.humanitix.com/good-grief-2-allow-yourself-to-receive-support-and-comfort-from-this-sound-healing-session

03/19/2024

All of us have cell phones these days, and we make sure they're charged up and ready to go. Or if they're about to run out of charge, that becomes a priority to get it charged again.

We often don't do the things that would charge our bodies... take a look at the battery drainer listed below and see what might be draining you. What can you change that might drain you less in your life?

03/18/2024

We all deserve to be in an environment that allows us to be ourselves, not something you feel like you have to survive. I teach clients to pay attention to how their body feels in different scenarios... with people, without people, at this job, at this place, with this group of people, etc. Our bodies tell us everything we need to know, we just have to listen to what the body tells us and then act accordingly.

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Chandler, AZ

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm

Website

https://andreaschmitzcounseling.clientsecure.me/

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