Compassionate Therapy that Goes to the Heart of the Matter

A blurred image of Oakland therapist Andrea Baxter, a white woman with brown hair in a bob, sits in a chair reviewing session notes in the background with a houseplant in focus in the foreground

Despite our best efforts, life can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming. 

As humans on this planet for a short time, we face inevitable loss and pain, and often the ways we are trying to cope with or avoid this situation can lead to all kinds of problems. 

  • You might be aware of your potential and longing for intimacy, connection, and fulfillment, and yet find yourself repeating the same patterns and hitting the same dead ends over and again. 

  • You might be going through a crisis or life transition that is upending everything you thought you knew about yourself, or ripping open an old wound that you thought was in the past.

  • You might be overwhelmed by this current moment in history, leading to lostness and despair, and unsure how to keep going.

  • You might be realizing that you’ve been living on autopilot and tuned into the needs of others, and not knowing where to begin with relocating yourself.

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Therapy provides you with the space and support you need to face these complex issues and get to the heart of where things are going awry. 

I draw on depth approaches that help to uncover and transform deeper-set patterns of relating with our selves and with others, along with methods of working in the present moment with mindfulness, emotions, and the body. My approach is highly personalized and engaged.

I work both with individuals and couples, and offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy as an additional way to navigate more entrenched or harder to reach places for those who are eligible.

A blurred image of Oakland therapist Andrea Baxter, a white woman with a brown bob haircut and wearing a burgundy blouse and light grey cardigan sweater

Psychotherapy Offerings

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  • I provide the the space and support you need to get to know yourself more deeply, untangle places where you are stuck, lost and in pain, and bring forward a fuller, more authentic experience of yourself and your life.

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  • I help you care for your relationship by finding ways to resolve the issues that are creating disconnect or conflict in your partnership and helping you form a stronger base from which to live your life.

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  • Find deeper levels of relief for depression and trauma by working with a medicine that helps catalyze your inner healing intelligence in conjunction with therapy.

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  • I offer support for therapists both in the form of supervision and consultation as well as specializing in therapy for therapists. 

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Oakland therapist Andrea Baxter, a white woman with brown hair in a bob hairstyle and wearing a burgandy blouse and light grey cardigan sweater, sits in a wicker chair in her therapy office

I’m Andrea Baxter.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with an office in Oakland. I offer a highly engaged and creative approach to psychotherapy that goes to the heart of your struggles to provide deeper resolution. My life’s work is in finding ways to relate to what it means to be human, and it would be my honor to get to know your own story and to accompany you on a part of your life’s journey.

You do not have to do this alone.

I invite you to reach out and schedule a consultation where we can learn more about one another and how I might help you take the steps to address where you are struggling, and make space for new possibilities.