About Inner Axis Therapy
Most people who begin therapy have already spent years trying to understand themselves. They’ve reflected. Taken responsibility. Tried to manage their reactions. What they often haven’t had is a structured, collaborative space to examine what is actually sustaining the pattern and what would need to shift for something different to happen.
That’s the focus of my work.
Meet
Andressa Little
I’m Andressa Little, a Licensed Master Social Worker practicing under clinical supervision at The Harbor: Cypress Family Therapy. I work with teens and adults who are thoughtful and self aware, yet still find themselves pulled into familiar emotional or relational cycles.
Clients often describe me as steady, direct, and thoughtful. I won’t overwhelm you with jargon or vague encouragement. Our work is structured, reflective, and practical, focused on building a sturdier way of relating to yourself and others.
I do not position myself as the expert on your life. You bring your lived experience. I bring clinical structure and perspective. I pay close attention not only to what you say, but to how it unfolds in real time. Tone shifts. Withdrawal. Conflict. Over responsibility. Minimizing. Escalation. These moments often carry more information than explanation alone.
Our work is steady and deliberate. We slow patterns down enough to understand them, then practice responding differently in ways that hold up outside the session.
How I Think About the Work
Emotional distress rarely appears out of nowhere. It develops within systems — family dynamics, attachment patterns, nervous system responses, beliefs formed over time.
In our work together, we look at:
Recurring emotional and relational cycles
How past experiences shape present reactions
Where responsibility feels heavy or misplaced
How to strengthen regulation and boundaries
How to translate awareness into concrete shifts
We don’t stay at the surface. And we don’t move faster than your capacity.
Training & Clinical Background
My work integrates systems thinking, attachment informed care, trauma aware practice, and evidence based approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy principles, and Internal Family Systems informed work.
I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Brigham Young University and have experience in inpatient psychiatry, outpatient community mental health, and private practice settings.
All clinical services are provided through The Harbor: Cypress Family Therapy.
Language & Cultural Context
I’m originally from Brazil and offer therapy in both English and Portuguese. I am attentive to how culture, family expectations, identity, and relational roles shape emotional experience, especially for clients who feel responsible for holding everything together across generations or value systems.