About Erin
Erin Hawkinson is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience who helps people manage anxiety and stress. She aims to make therapy approachable and practical for people facing life changes, grief, or relationship strain. Her style is calm and person-focused, with attention to building useful skills and clearer thinking.
Erin uses a client-centered approach, which means she tailors sessions to each person's needs and pace. She often blends strategies from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based methods to help people notice thoughts, choose actions, and reduce avoidance.
Background and approach
She also incorporates attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns are part of the concern. Her background includes a degree from Southern Nazarene University and nearly two decades in mental health settings. She lists experience addressing trauma, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, substance issues, caregiver stress, and first responder strain among other areas.
That breadth helps when problems overlap or feel complicated. Sessions can include guided relaxation and imagery for people interested in a mindful way to shift behavior and lower physical tension. Erin describes her work as practical and steady, with attention to managing emotions and improving day-to-day functioning.
People looking for support in Oklahoma will find a therapist who focuses on clear steps, steady collaboration, and adapting methods to the individual. She communicates plainly and helps clients set realistic goals for change.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Erin commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that align with their values rather than getting stuck. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions because it focuses on small doable steps toward what matters.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and often helps with worry, low mood, and problem-solving. Attachment-Based Therapy is used when relationship patterns and early connection issues show up in current struggles, helping people understand how past relationships shape present reactions.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions adapt over time as progress and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the methods that feel most helpful.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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