Meet Andrea Diemert
LMFT #130217 · LAADC · CHT
A Therapist Who Meets You Where You Are
Andrea Diemert is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Certified Hypnotherapist with a deep commitment to integrative, whole-person care. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing is not linear — and that the most meaningful change often happens in the space between words, in the body, and in the quiet territory beneath the surface of everyday awareness.
Clinical Background
Andrea began her career at Saint Joseph's Behavioral Health, working across inpatient and outpatient levels of care — including IOP, PHP, and an acute psychiatric hospital setting. There she taught DBT skills, supported clients in addiction and recovery, and worked alongside psychiatrists serving people in crisis. That foundation gave her a deep, grounded understanding of how trauma, mental health, and substance use intersect — and what it truly means to meet someone in their most vulnerable moments.
For the past three years, Andrea has served as Clinical Director of Sequoia Counseling, where her passion has been training associate therapists in trauma-informed care, Brainspotting, EFT, DBT, and somatic approaches. Mentoring the next generation of clinicians has deepened her own practice and her commitment to bringing these powerful modalities to the people who need them most.
An Integrative Approach
Andrea approaches therapy from an integrative mind-body-spirit perspective, recognizing the connection between emotional experiences, the nervous system, thought patterns, relationships, energy, and the ways past experiences continue to influence the present. She is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Brainspotting, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), clinical hypnotherapy, and Ego State/parts-based approaches.
Rather than relying on a single method, she integrates approaches based on each client's individual needs, experiences, and goals. Her work may incorporate mindfulness, emotion regulation, somatic awareness, nervous-system regulation, energy-based practices, and exploration of conscious and subconscious patterns. She works from a Polyvagal-informed lens with every client, attending to the nervous system's role in how we feel safe, connect with others, and move through the world.
For clients interested in exploring spirituality as part of therapy, Andrea's work can extend beyond traditional psychotherapy into questions of meaning, purpose, energy, higher consciousness, and our deeper connection to ourselves, others, and the world around us. She is also expanding her advanced clinical education into the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapies through training at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco.
Supporting Recovery
As a Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Andrea brings specialized training and lived clinical experience to clients navigating recovery. Whether you are in early sobriety, long-term recovery, or somewhere in between, she offers a non-judgmental, trauma-informed space to explore the deeper roots of addictive patterns and build a life that feels genuinely worth living.
Training & Credentials
A Note on the Work
Andrea's practice is private-pay and intentionally small. She works with a limited number of clients at a time in order to offer the depth of presence and continuity that this kind of work requires. If you are curious whether her approach might be right for you, a private consultation is the place to begin.