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About Andrea
With a professional manner that blends warmth, caring, and over 15 years Dr Corn specialize in include working with anxiety (such as separation fears, phobias), depression, relationship issues including problems pertaining to a separation and divorce, as well as sports psychology. Working with children requires a repertoire of different skills. Play therapy is a non-intrusive way to assist children in understanding their thoughts and feelings. My job is to help a child gain access to his or her inner world so uncomfortable and even unnamed feelings and thoughts can be brought out and discussed. Some children have difficulty explaining what is going on inside of them; yet through play, together we discover the meaning of their nonverbal behaviors and interactions. Sometimes, family therapy is also used in conjunction to alleviate childhood problems. My overall approach to therapy begins with creating a supportive and trustworthy environment as this is essential in establishing the foundation for discussing your particular problem. It is through this collaborative process that greater self-awareness, self-knowledge, and self-control are attained. My goal is to help each individual learn the skills to better comfortably handle the external circumstances (i.e., problematic relationships, unresolved painful family issues; job stressors) or internal obstacles (i.e., lack of trust, fear, depression, shame, guilt) that negatively affect their lives as well as obtain a more objective perspective on their live. Regardless of the child’s or teenager’s age, it is essential to be able to warmly relate to both spoken and unspoken communications. Another important desire is to help educate parents about developmental issues so they can appropriately provide the kinds of emotional support a child needs at each stage of development. Another area that I am actively involved in is sports psychology. Using a positive psychology approach, it has been rewarding to assist adolescent athletes in gaining greater self-efficacy and competency in their desired sport. In my office, I often see dedicated student-athletes yet wind up struggling to reach their potential due to lingering anxieties, inhibitions, and self-defeating feelings that interfere and undermine their athletic abilities. I am a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) (where I have held positions on local as well as national boards), the Florida Psychological Association (FPA), the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, Registrant #44838. International Federation of Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE), and affiliate member of the Florida Psychoanalytic Society. I am an adjunct faculty member at St. Thomas University where I teach Sports Psychology to undergraduate and graduate students. And, the sports related organizations I belong to include: The Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology (AAASP), and Exercise and Sports Psychology (47) within the American Psychological Association (APA). My desire to raise awareness and helps parents extends to my writing as I am also a contributing writer for the National Alliance for Youth Sports and South Florida Parenting. I am also on the Advisory Board for the Safe Haven for women and have been appointed to the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program sponsored by NBC-Channel 6.
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