About Erika
Erika Hernandez is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people coping with stress and anxiety. She writes in a direct, calm way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She aims to make sessions easy to understand for worried parents and busy adults.
Erika draws on 12 years of clinical experience working with trauma, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, career strain, and the complex pressures of parenting.
Background and approach
Her practice includes issues related to intimacy, relationships, and infidelity as well as special settings such as first responder stress and hospice and end-of-life counseling. In sessions she builds an open, nonjudgmental space so people can say what they feel and think. She listens for practical patterns and helps clients try small, manageable changes between sessions.
Conversations focus on skills that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and strengthen everyday coping. Erika works with people to set clear goals and track progress over time. She mixes conversational coaching with therapeutic tools so each plan fits the client’s life and schedule.
The aim is steady, realistic improvement rather than quick fixes. She practices in California as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and provides services in English. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions that fit their needs.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Erika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One common approach she uses teaches simple anxiety management and grounding exercises to reduce immediate stress and interrupt worried thinking. This kind of work helps people who feel overwhelmed or stuck by anxious thoughts.She also applies trauma-informed methods that help people process difficult experiences at a pace that feels manageable. That work emphasizes safety, pacing, and building skills to tolerate strong emotions while addressing the memories or events that continue to cause distress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try techniques that match those aims, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which strategies to keep, change, or stop using.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and observing reactions; phone calls need less data and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins or continued support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, or other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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