Andrew has been drawn to psychology since he was a teenager. After becoming a Christian at Marshall University, he pursued a master’s in Christian counseling from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has spent more than forty years since — across church counseling centers, private practices, and specialized treatment facilities — integrating faith with clinical practice.
He’s a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist — the first one in West Virginia — and couples work is where his heart is. “It’s a work that affects not only the two partners, but also many generations down the line,” he says. “As a couples therapist, my actual client is the relationship. I don’t take sides but seek to help both partners have a better conversation next time.” He holds Gottman Institute endorsements as an educator for both the “Seven Principles Program” and “Bringing Baby Home,” which he offers to community and faith organizations.
His clinical focus spans anxiety, depression, grief and loss, pre-marital and marital counseling, recovery from affairs, and divorce recovery. “I like to take time to learn about my client’s background and family of origin,” he says. “My style is not so much to give advice, but to foster an atmosphere of safety and respect that enables free discussion and genuine insight, always informed by a spiritual perspective.”
As an ordained Anglican minister with experience as a pastoral counselor — including at a cancer treatment center — faith integration runs through everything Andrew does, always shaped around what each client is looking for.
What’s kept him at KPCC — “The spiritual underpinnings of the organization, and the Group Private Practice model that provides support and maximum freedom to me as the therapist.” He’s especially grateful for KPCC’s support in helping him complete his Gottman certification — 15 months of training and travel he couldn’t have done without it.
