Industry: Behavioral and Mental Health

Andi Mandel

The Center for Relational Wellness, PLLC

Andi Mandel is a Mixed Black woman with brown and black faux locs in her hair

Andi Mandel - she/her

The Center for Relational Wellness, PLLC

Psychotherapist

AMFT, LMFT

Licensed in: Illinois

License: Associate Licensed Marriage & Family THerapist (ALMFT) 208.011626

Payment Accepted

  • Any

About Andi

I am a sex-positive, attachment-focused therapist specializing in working with individuals and couples navigating desire differences, sexual shame, intimacy blocks, and relational disconnection. My work integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment theory, and parts work (IFS) to help clients understand the emotional patterns that shape their sexual and relational lives. I support neuro-spicy individuals and couples, LGBTQIA+ and ENM/poly partnerships, and those healing from trauma (CPTSD/PTSD), racial stress, and religious or cultural sexual shame.

Sex therapy with me is warm, collaborative, and direct. I believe sexuality is not separate from attachment, identity, culture, or nervous system regulation—it is deeply intertwined. Together, we slow down reactive cycles, build secure emotional bonds, and create space for pleasure-centered, shame-free intimacy that aligns with your values, body, and lived experience. My goal is to help you feel more connected, empowered, and at home in your relationships and your sexuality.

  • Patient approach: Informed Consent, Racial Equity, Sex Positive, Trauma Informed Care, Harm Reduction
  • Language: English
  • Availability: Virtual
  • Age range served: Adults, Older Adults (60 +), Young Adults (18 to 24)

Populations

  • BIPOC
  • Families
  • Immigrants
  • Individuals
  • Kinky
  • LGBTQ+
  • Neurodiverse
  • Polyamorous
  • Relationships / Partnerships
  • Sex Workers
  • Transgender
  • Trauma Survivor

Specialties

  • ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Autism
  • Bipolor
  • Chronic Illness or Pain
  • Relationship Therapy
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family Therapy
  • Grief
  • Identity Issues
  • LGBTQ+
  • Personality Disorders
  • PTSD
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma

Approaches

  • CBT
  • Eclectic
  • IFS
  • Trauma-focused
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