Hello and Welcome! I’m so glad you are here. Seeking help for your mental well-being is a brave step.
My name is Erin and I am a Clinical Social Worker practicing in Texas. I have been providing mental health services to a diverse set of clients experiencing a wide variety of issues and challenges since 2009. My approach to therapy is primarily client-centered. I seek to validate and honor your unique experiences from your perspective, and to tap into that self-knowledge as our guiding source for the direction of therapy. In addition to a client-centered approach, I draw upon an array of therapeutic modalities and concepts. I adapt my approach to address each client’s particular set of needs, and we will evolve the approach over time through therapist-client collaboration and as I continue to expand my offerings through my ongoing professional development. Principles that inform my approach come from modalities such as mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), existential therapy, and body-oriented approaches among others.
I earned my B.S. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2007 and my Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2008. After graduation, I worked in partial hospitalization settings, helping individuals with serious and persistent mental health issues to develop skills to help them manage their symptoms and improve their functioning in a supportive environment. After that I worked for 8 years as a Readjustment Counselor providing psychotherapy to Veterans and their family members, primarily on issues stemming from exposure to combat or sexual traumas during their service. Most recently I lived abroad in Amsterdam for a year and a half, during which time I completed training in teaching Vinyasa Yoga, and also gained knowledge in making yoga practices more trauma-informed. Now that I am back living in the US, I am excited to bring all of these experiences into my therapy practice with you!
I believe each client possesses unalienable strengths, and I seek to help them better connect with these sometimes-underutilized resources. I also recognize that clients exist inside systems and environments that have contributed to the development of their challenges. I seek to meet clients with authenticity, while establishing a supportive, trusting therapeutic relationship that enables the process of healing, self-exploration, and growth.
Outside of my professional practice, I enjoy gardening, yoga, walking my dog, traveling, and spending quality time with my family. I look forward to connecting with you soon to talk more about your interest in therapy.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Attachment issues, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Trichotillomania, Visually Impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Therapy
TX LCSW 53290
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Erin has been great support and has really helped me understand myself and how to handle life better!
Written on Nov 01, 2021 after therapy with Erin for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties