About Erin
Erin Ellis is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She works from New York and brings five years of counseling experience to each session. Erin speaks English and focuses on making conversations feel respectful and down-to-earth.
Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first, then helps clients set small, clear goals they can try between sessions. Erin uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help with difficult emotions and unhelpful thinking patterns.
Background and approach
Erin has supported people through trauma, grief, and major life changes. She also addresses concerns such as panic attacks, codependency, self-harm, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to identity-related issues, including LGBT and women’s topics.
In sessions she aims for simple, achievable steps. That might mean practicing grounding skills during a panic attack or testing a new thought in everyday life. She adapts the pace and tools to each person’s situation.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Erin builds a plan with each person rather than giving a fixed program. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and encouragement as people work toward clearer thinking and better coping.
How Erin Uses Client-Centered Care, CBT, and DBT Online
Erin draws on client-centered therapy to make sessions feel respectful and collaborative. That approach centers the conversation on each person’s goals and values, and helps build trust before trying new skills. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; Erin uses it to help people test and change unhelpful thinking and to plan small behavioral experiments. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building healthier relationships.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Erin will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest tools to try. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so it fits how someone responds over time, keeping the process collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be shorter or helpful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are convenient for quick check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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