About Erin
Erin McConnell is a Licensed Professional Counselor who offers direct, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-worth. She practices from Texas and focuses on helping clients find manageable steps forward. Erin aims to build a calm, respectful space where people feel heard and can start making change.
Erin spends time learning each person's story before suggesting tools. She listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and works with them to try different strategies.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize small, realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her work covers a broad set of concerns beyond mood and anxiety. That includes addictions, anger, caregiving strain, chronic pain or illness, body image and issues tied to identity and relationships.
She also brings attention to co-occurring challenges so the whole picture is considered. Erin describes her approach as evidence-based and practical. She mixes structured techniques with conversations that build self-compassion and clearer decision-making.
Clients can expect both skill practice and time to talk through what matters to them. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Erin uses these formats to fit sessions into everyday life and to keep work consistent even when schedules are busy.
She supports clients at whatever pace feels right for them.
How Erin Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Erin draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, stress, and related concerns. One common approach focuses on teaching specific coping skills for anxiety and stress - breathing and grounding exercises, thought-challenging, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These tools are meant to reduce overwhelming reactions and make daily life more manageable.Another practical strand of work targets mood and addictive behaviors by building daily routines, problem-solving skills, and alternatives to risky habits. This approach emphasizes small, repeatable actions like scheduling pleasant activities, practicing urge-management strategies, and tracking progress over time.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Erin will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they’ll try approaches and adjust plans based on what is helping and what isn’t, with an emphasis on steady, realistic change.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work when more depth is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to touch base between sessions for brief updates or to practice skills in real time. These options help keep therapy consistent across changing schedules and daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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