About Erika
Erika Marquez is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to reduce stress and anxiety and to address addiction, trauma, anger, and depression. Erika writes in a straightforward way and aims to make therapy feel doable for people who are worried and short on time.
Erika uses approaches that help people notice what matters to them and then take workable steps toward those values.
Background and approach
She blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening and solution-focused planning to help people change habits and feel more in control. She also draws on psychodynamic perspectives when past patterns keep repeating and causing pain. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.
Conversations look at patterns, thoughts, and small experiments you can try between meetings. Erika pays attention to how stress and anxiety show up in daily life and helps people build simple tools for coping and decision making.
She has worked with people affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and other trauma-related problems, and she supports those dealing with guilt, shame, or self-harm urges. Erika also assists people facing first responder stress, veteran and armed forces issues, and midlife or young adult transitions. Based in Texas, Erika conducts therapy in English and offers a variety of online formats.
Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and then schedule sessions that fit their needs.
Therapeutic approaches tailored for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters most and then take small, value-driven steps even when anxiety or painful feelings are present. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and problems that repeat over time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's own goals and experiences, with the therapist offering nonjudgmental listening and reflection so clients feel heard and can find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether ACT, CBT, client-centered methods, or a blend makes sense based on goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life. Changes are approached step by step and adjusted as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy lives. Video is good for longer sessions and real-time interaction. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to schedule during a break. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins or for people who prefer typed conversation. These options make it easier to get consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location.
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- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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