About Erica
Erica Gray is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing relationship challenges, trauma or abuse, and depression. Erica also supports people coping with major life changes and social anxiety concerns.
She speaks English and Spanish and practices in New Mexico. With five years of clinical experience, Erica keeps sessions direct and compassionate. She listens to each person’s history and tailors conversations and plans to their needs.
Background and approach
Meetings focus on practical steps people can try between sessions, alongside talking through feelings and patterns. Erica pays attention to attachment and communication dynamics that affect close relationships. She helps people break down problems into manageable parts and practice new ways of relating.
For social anxiety and phobia, she works on real-world skills that make social situations easier to handle. Her style is respectful and sensitive. Erica encourages clients to move at a pace that feels doable.
She treats progress as a series of small changes rather than one big shift. People start by describing what matters most to them. From there, Erica and the client shape goals and a plan, adjusting as progress is made.
The focus stays on practical tools, clearer communication, and rebuilding confidence.
Evidence-based techniques and online support
Erica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps people can use in daily life. One common approach emphasizes gradual exposure and skill practice to reduce social anxiety and phobic avoidance by building confidence in real situations. Another focuses on emotion regulation and stress management skills to help people notice triggers, try simple coping strategies, and lower overall distress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erica works collaboratively to identify which techniques suit each person's goals, preferences, and current situation. She adjusts methods over time so the plan stays aligned with what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions, share small updates, or get brief support without scheduling a full appointment. These options make it easier to maintain steady progress while balancing work, family, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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