Andrea Keener, PhD, LMHC, MCAP, SHRM-SCP

Dr. Andrea Keener has been a mental health practitioner, professor, trainer, and lecturer for almost two decades. Dr. Keener is a licensed therapist and qualified supervisor for mental health counseling interns in the State of Florida. She is a Master Level Addiction Professional (MCAP), Certified Brainspotting Therapist, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider, Employee Assistance Specialist Clinical (EAS-C), and Senior Human Resource Professional (SHRM-SCP). She is trained in trauma-focused and narrative therapy, exposure therapy, CBT, DBT, EMDR, Brainspotting, mindfulness meditation, and personality-guided psychotherapy. She has extensive experience, nationally and internationally, as a trainer and lecturer in the areas of crisis response, psychological first aid, psychological interventions to trauma, and emergency management. Her research focuses on positive psychology, anxiety disorders, youth and community responses to trauma, and substance abuse treatment. She serves on the Trauma Counseling and Resilience Editorial Review Board and has published in a variety of scholarly journals. Her passion about empowering others discover their optimal selves inspired her to co-develop 'Recovering Optimism' (Keener & Keener, 2016), a positive psychology-based intervention approach. She integrates this approach with a broad range of evidence-based treatment techniques to ensure treatment effectiveness. Whether working with children, adolescents or adults, Dr. Keener always strives to create a supportive environment where clients feel safe. Her goal is to help you find authentic happiness and learn how to flourish! Dr. Keener is licensed in the State of Florida and a Telehealth Registered Professional Counselor in the State of South Carolina (https://llr.sc.gov/TeleHealth/Counselor.html).