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Erica Ortiz-Pellicer, LMHC

Bilingual counselor focused on practical coping

5 years in practice · based in Florida · sessions in English, Spanish · online sessions

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About Erica

Erica Ortiz-Pellicer is a bilingual licensed mental health counselor who practices in Florida. She brings five years of experience to sessions and works in both English and Spanish. Erica focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions.

Erica keeps sessions straightforward and goal oriented. She listens for what feels most urgent and then helps clients break worries into smaller steps. She often uses practical coping skills for day-to-day stress and routines to reduce overwhelm.

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Background and approach

Parents who feel drained or unsure often find her helpful. Erica addresses parenting concerns, postpartum mood changes, blended family issues, and challenges tied to adoption or foster care. She also supports people working through family of origin issues and multicultural concerns.

She offers help for a wide range of struggles, including chronic pain or illness, control issues, impulsivity, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose or midlife change. Erica is experienced with self-harm and with social phobia and works to create a plan that reduces immediate risk and builds longer-term coping. Erica describes herself as practical and bilingual.

She aims to make therapy fit into a client’s life through flexible session formats and clear next steps. People who want straightforward tools and work in English or Spanish may find her approach a good match.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Erica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on teaching practical skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One common method involves identifying specific thoughts that fuel anxiety and then testing those thoughts against real-life experiences to reduce worry and avoidance. Another approach emphasizes building routine habits and small behavioral steps to improve mood and manage stress, which can help with depression and life transitions. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erica works with each person to decide which techniques match their goals, values, and daily life. She adjusts plans over time and checks in frequently to make sure the work feels useful and manageable. Online formats make attending therapy more flexible. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins or a way to share thoughts when typing is easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep progress moving between sessions.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Erica commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions, plus parenting and self-esteem challenges.
How would you describe her style in sessions?
Erica takes a practical, step-by-step approach, listening for immediate needs and teaching coping skills to use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience working with clients across a wide age range and in both English and Spanish.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida.
Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Erica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish

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