About Erik
Erik Buskard is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Maine who focuses on helping people navigate anxiety and stress. He offers a calm, straightforward presence and aims to make talking about hard things easier. Erik encourages practical steps you can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.
He uses a mix of approaches to meet different needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
Attachment-Based ideas guide conversations about how early relationships shape trust and closeness. Client-Centered work keeps sessions focused on what matters most to the individual. Erik has nine years of professional experience and has supported people facing depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem problems, life changes, and ADHD.
He listens without judging and helps people set realistic goals for change. Sessions are designed to feel practical and collaborative. Expect clear explanations, goal setting, and tools you can try between meetings.
He invites people to take small steps that build confidence and momentum. People who prefer straightforward, skills-focused work may find this approach helpful. The work moves at a pace set by the client.
Erik aims to be a steady partner while people work toward greater emotional balance and clearer decision making.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships affect present trust and closeness. Online sessions use discussions to help identify patterns in relationships and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In remote sessions, CBT includes setting small tasks, tracking reactions, and reviewing what worked between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and recommend techniques that fit. That collaboration helps shape a plan that can change over time based on what feels most useful.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and homework exchanges easier, and they can fit into busy schedules. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to support ongoing progress and skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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