Andrea Metcalf

Andrea is a clinically licensed social worker with experience in the mental health field since 2011. Andrea is Certified in EMDR through EMDRIA, and is an EMDRIA approved Consultant-in-Training (CIT). She has her PMH-C in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, as well as Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy, through Postpartum Support International. She completed intensive perinatal training with Karen Kleiman, LCSW, through the Postpartum Stress Center and The Advanced Practice of EMDR for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health with Mara Tesler Stein . Andrea specializes in complex trauma, EMDR, and equine-assisted psychotherapy with Perinatal and Veterans and First Responder populations. Additionally she has supported families during inpatient hospital admissions following traumatic births, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), emergency department services, inpatient mental health, intensive outpatient mental health (IOP), and private outpatient therapy for individuals and groups. Andrea currently offers individual and group counseling through her private practice, Bloom Empowerment, as well as equine-assisted psychotherapy and the EquiLateral Protocol for Equine-Assisted EMDR. Previously, Andi managed a NICU Family Support Program at St. Luke’s Hospital. She served on the Family Staff Advisory Council for the Intensive Care Nursery at Children’s Mercy Hospital and presented on Family Centered Care at the 2nd Annual Regional Neonatal Conference hosted by Children’s Mercy. She is a 2023 PSI Conference breakout session presenter; "When Baby is not Okay: Nuances of Psychotherapy with Parents with Children with Complex Medical Needs." Given her own challenging experiences with fertility, loss, and parenting a micro-preemie after a long NICU stay, Andi is dedicated to ensuring parents with children with medical complexities thrive.