Andrea (Hall) Stachniewicz MA, LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor providing specialized treatment for individual therapy. Andrea obtained her Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University, and has been affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital and The New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Andrea is an elected official in Queens, NY, championing investment in community mental health initiatives and increasing accessibility to mental health care for the working class.

Andrea approaches her clinical work through a lens that is multicultural, feminist, systemic, and trauma informed - allowing for clients respective identities and lived experience within complex social systems to be reflected throughout the entire therapeutic process. Andrea utilizes a person-centered approach along with psychodynamic and CBT modalities tailored to the needs of each individual client.

Andrea works with clients facing challenges related to depression, anxiety, self-esteem, LGBT(Q) issues, trauma, and minority identities to increase awareness of self and identify (often within complex social systems), process and move through trauma to cultivate healing and fulfillment, improve emotional regulation and coping abilities, and to improve interpersonal functioning and quality of life.