About Erin
Erin Smith is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with nine years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, depression, trauma, grief, and other life challenges. Erin aims to build a trusting connection first so people feel heard and understood.
She keeps sessions simple and practical. Erin listens, reflects, and helps people spot strengths they already have. She uses clear tools to manage difficult feelings and build coping skills that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
Erin blends several approaches to match each person’s needs, including cognitive-behavioral methods to change unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based strategies to reduce avoidance. Her style is supportive and direct, with an emphasis on collaboration and small, achievable steps. Clients can expect a focus on skill-building for problems like anxiety, compulsions, anger, and substance or process addictions.
She also addresses parenting stress, relationship difficulties, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. Sessions may include practice exercises, safety planning for addictive behaviors, and ways to reduce intense emotional reactions. Erin works with the person to set clear goals and checks in about what is and isn’t helpful.
She values open communication about which techniques feel right and adjusts the plan over time. Her aim is to help people gain tools to manage symptoms and move toward the life they want.
How Erin's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Erin uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel anxiety and unhelpful behavior. CBT often includes homework and brief skills practice, which can be reviewed and adjusted in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another common approach she uses; ACT helps people clarify values and accept difficult feelings while committing to small actions that move them forward.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Erin talks with each person about goals and preferences, then tries methods that fit their life. She checks in regularly and adapts techniques based on what feels useful and realistic for the client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use screen-sharing to review worksheets or practice exercises. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels hard. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill reminders, or tracking progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep work on skills active between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky, Arizona, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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