About Eric
Eric Howell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 15 years of clinical experience in California. He greets people with a straightforward, calm approach and acknowledges how hard it can be to reach out for help. He aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes.
He uses clear, practical conversation to help people understand what is getting in the way of feeling better.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning new ways to manage stress and mood swings, improving communication, and looking at how past experiences shape present reactions. He can also address issues tied to identity, intimacy, and addictions. Eric draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how relationships influence emotions and behavior.
He also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's goals, and cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. These approaches are described and mixed to fit what a person needs in the moment. His background includes work in nonprofit, government, and independent practice settings.
He grew up in the Northeast, moved to California in his mid-20s, and has personal experience with therapy and with family members who have serious mental health conditions. That history informs how he talks about long-term mood disorders and family stress. Eric speaks English and practices in California as a CA LMFT.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work and check-ins.
How Eric uses therapy approaches online
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and coping. Online sessions can be a place to notice patterns in connection, work through abandonment or attachment concerns, and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.Client-centered therapy centers the person's own goals and pace. In this approach the therapist listens closely and helps people name what matters most, whether that is managing anxiety, improving self-esteem, or navigating identity and relationship issues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Through video or phone sessions clients can learn concrete techniques to shift thinking, reduce worry, and build better routines.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit their needs. If something isn't helping, adjustments are made together so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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