Sandy Andres

Sandy Andres is the founder and owner of Perceptions, a group therapy practice in Omaha, Nebraska focused on mental health and wellness across the lifespan. She began using EMDR therapy in 2020, earned EMDRIA Certification in 2021, and became an EMDRIA Approved Consultant (AC) in 2024.

Sandy specializes in working with complex trauma, dissociation, and parts-oriented approaches, including ego state work. She integrates attachment-informed and nervous system-informed perspectives into her clinical work and supports clients across the lifespan, including young children, adolescents, adults, and neurodivergent individuals. Her primary clinical focus includes trauma, anxiety, and challenges related to self-worth.

As a consultant and trainer, Sandy is passionate about supporting clinicians as they learn and integrate EMDR. In EMDR Basic Training, she emphasizes normalization, clinical safety, and confidence-building, helping trainees translate theory into attuned practice. She also facilitates EMDR consultation groups, providing structured and supportive spaces for clinicians to deepen their skills and clinical judgment, and brings warmth, clarity, and clinical depth to her work as a therapist, consultant, and trainer.