About Erin
Erin Wilson is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. She describes her own experience with therapy as part of what helps her connect with others. Sessions aim to be warm, straightforward, and focused on practical next steps for everyday life.
Erin began her career providing hospice services and later moved into substance abuse treatment. She has also worked with families and children and spent time supervising other therapists.
Background and approach
Those varied roles shape how she listens and responds in session. In meetings, she focuses on helping people notice their strengths and try small, manageable changes. She offers techniques and homework when helpful, but will skip that when it does not fit a person’s style.
Erin prioritizes nonjudgmental listening and clear, honest feedback. She asks for honesty and a willingness to try new perspectives outside sessions. Erin believes durable change often happens through choices made between meetings as well as during them.
She checks in regularly to adapt her approach to each person’s needs. Her aim is to build a reliable working relationship where people can discover new ways of coping, heal from past losses, and manage symptoms like panic or intense worry. Erin practices in Arizona as an LPC and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches that help during online sessions
Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills and real-world change. One common approach involves teaching coping skills for anxiety and panic - simple breathing or grounding methods and step-by-step plans to face fearful situations. These methods help reduce moments of intense worry and make day-to-day life more manageable.Another frequent focus is strategies for addiction and relapse prevention. This means identifying triggers, learning alternate behaviors, and planning ahead for high-risk moments. The work often includes problem-solving and small, measurable goals to support recovery and reduce harmful patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Erin will talk with the person about goals, try a method for a few sessions, and adjust based on what helps. She aims to match techniques to each person's needs and preferences rather than using one fixed style.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing encouragement, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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