Andrea Mason
Andrea Mason, MA, LMHC, RPT-S

Andrea Mason, MA, LMHC, RPT-S

Founder & Director, The Place for Counseling
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor

Many times, folks to come to therapy worried they will be judged based on the problems they share and feel like nothing could possibly help. Sometimes people feel immense guilt that the issues that they face have gotten so out of control. Asking for help from a stranger for help can be scary and overwhelming.

I have a unique supportive approach which marries evidence-based and research-based treatment with a holistic strength-based approach. I have a nonjudgmental approach to meet you and your family members where they are and work together as a team to move forward towards healing and repair.

It is my goal to create a safe, and genuine, secure place where children as well as adults feel safe to begin to approach and work through the tough issues that are causing them pain and struggle. I will support you in your journey to make the changes you want in your life and feel better.

Andrea loves to work with little ones and their parents in times of struggle and difficulty. She specializes in helping parents strengthen their skills while helping children dealing with traumatic behaviors and attachment struggles to revive healthy family functioning.

Types of Services

  • Child Therapy

  • Infant Mental health and Therapy

  • Family Therapy

  • Play Therapy

  • Parenting and Parenting Coaching

  • Parenting Coordination

  • Reunification Therapy

  • Collaborative Divorce

  • Neutral Facilitator

  • Child Specialist

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Family Law Guardian Ad Litem

Specialties

  • Clinical therapy expertise in the area of attachment and trauma in children, parents and adults.

  • Children 0-5 struggles and behavioral issues.

  • Family Therapy

  • Therapy for Parents

  • Separation and Divorce

  • High Conflict Divorce with Children and Adults

  • Reunification Counseling (family systems therapy with children and parents)

  • Parent-Child Contact Issues (alienation/estrangement)

  • Individual Counseling for Adults

  • Multiple Play Therapy Modalities and Expressive Arts

  • Child Welfare and Adoption

  • Special Needs Children

  • Family Therapy with Complicated Family Dynamics and Systems.

Experience

Andrea has been providing therapeutic services to children, teens, and families and adults for 25 years. Andrea has a master’s degree in Counseling Education from University of South Florida. She became a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (2004) and a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (2019) and has extensive experience providing therapy to children and families.

Andrea worked in community mental heath as an in-home counselor, a Supervisor at Directions for Mental Health and a Clinical Director at Family Enrichment Services. She contracted with Pinellas/Pasco County Family Courts Division to complete child custody/social investigations and provided written custody evaluations to family law court from 2005 to 2008. She has extensive experience with providing therapeutic services and was a frequent Expert Witness in Unified Family Court related to reunification of dependency families, adoption and dependency issues with children and their families from 2004 to approximately 2020.

Andrea has served as an expert for the Department of Health: Division of Medical Quality Assurance for standard of care and ethics complaints against Florida Licensed Mental Health Professionals since 2020.  Andrea founded the Place for Counseling, a successful therapy private practice in 2011. She works extensively within the Family Law System providing therapeutic services to children and family in high conflict family dynamics. She frequently serves as an expert witness testifying in family court related to child custody issues, high conflict divorce situations and reunification counseling/family systems integration therapy, child therapy from 2005 to present. 

Current Groups and Affiliations

  • Association for Play Therapy

  • Florida Chapter for Play Therapy

  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • Florida Chapter- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • Canakaris- Inn of the Court- Pinellas County

  • Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association

  • Clearwater Bar Association