Andrea L. Bradford-Fridley LCSW

Andrea Bradford, LICSW, joined the PeaceHealth Medical Group Integrated Behavioral Health team in May of 2022 as a behavioral health clinician with the Sedro-Woolley Family Medicine clinic. Andrea comes to PeaceHealth from Cambia Health in Burlington, where she was a utilization reviewer for behavioral health admissions, reviews and discharges. She previously worked for three-and-a-half years as a social worker/case manager in the Emergency Department at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She moved to the Pacific Northwest from southern Louisiana in 1998. She has worked as a social worker, chemical dependency professional and domestic outreach worker in a variety of settings, and has extensive experience in patient advocacy, case management, psychiatric case reviews, motivational interviewing, emergency services, cognitive therapies and grant writing, She has worked in inpatient, outpatient and telehealth settings. Andrea earned a bachelor of social work from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1996, and in 2006 completed a masters in social work at Eastern Washington University. She’s been a licensed clinical social worker since 2014. Her special clinical interests include the correlation of emerging depression, anxiety and grief/loss in relation to new/recent medical diagnoses, especially those requiring lifestyle changes. Andrea believes the integration of behavioral health into primary care is critical to overall health. Her practice philosophy centers on self-empowerment. “Addressing acceptance, emotional well-being and potential grief/loss, and addressing patient concerns is an essential component of medication compliance and care plan adherence,” she said. Outside of the health care setting, Andrea enjoys travel, cooking and "the best dog ever," Scout.

• Eastern Washington University
  Degree: Master of Social Work (MSW)

• Cigna Behavioral Health
• Community Health Plan of Washington
• Coordinated Care Washington
• First Choice Health Network
• Humana
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington
• Medicaid Washington
• Medicare
• Multiplan Network
• Pacific Medical Centers
• Regence - Oregon & Washington
• TriWest Healthcare Alliance