About Erin
Erin Riley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania who focuses on anxiety and other everyday struggles. She approaches sessions with warmth and a straightforward style. Erin aims to make therapy feel understandable and manageable for people who are worried or overwhelmed.
She uses a mix of practical methods to help people reduce worry and regain control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change them.
Background and approach
Client-Centered Therapy guides how conversations unfold, letting clients set the pace while Erin listens and reflects. Erin also draws on emotion-focused ideas to help people name and work with difficult feelings. Mindfulness practices are offered when helpful to reduce reactivity and build calmer responses.
Motivational Interviewing supports people facing change, such as addressing substance use or starting new routines. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Erin checks in about what is working and adjusts plans to fit each person's life.
She keeps language plain and focuses on concrete steps rather than jargon. With three years of post-graduate experience, Erin has supported people through anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, and other overlapping concerns. She provides services in English and practices from Pennsylvania as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
How Erin’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead; online sessions use that same respectful, person-led approach so conversations stay focused on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to test new ways of responding, which works well over video or phone where worksheets and screens can be shared. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and process strong emotions to change how they relate to themselves and others, and it can be used in online conversations to name feelings and try new interactions.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then recommend approaches to try. This is a collaborative decision and plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for seeing facial cues and using shared exercises. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, ongoing support between sessions, or a way to fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit work, caregiving, or other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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