About Tonja
Tonja Erickson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Montana with 25 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, grief, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with major life changes. Tonja meets people where they are and helps them take practical steps forward.
Her practice emphasizes listening and clear, straightforward tools. She helps people manage social anxiety and workplace stress. She also supports those facing midlife changes, caregiver strain, or the fallout of a divorce or separation.
Background and approach
Tonja often works with issues tied to family of origin, feelings of emptiness, and struggles with guilt or shame. She helps people sort through communication and commitment problems, jealousy, and control issues. Tonja also addresses aging and geriatric concerns when they affect emotional wellbeing.
Sessions blend problem-solving with emotional processing. Clients can expect a collaborative plan that targets daily coping skills and longer-term goals. Tonja aims to build resilience so people can move through transitions with more confidence.
Her approach is warm and direct. She focuses on practical changes that fit a person's life and responsibilities. For those feeling isolated or unsure of their direction, she offers steady guidance and clear next steps.
Practical approaches for online therapy and anxiety
Tonja uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps people can try between sessions. One common approach involves teaching coping skills to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing work, activity planning, and breaking big problems into smaller actions. These tools help reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning.Another frequent approach centers on processing grief and emotional wounds by helping people tell their story and test new ways of relating to old hurts. This can reduce isolation and increase a sense of forward movement. A third area of focus addresses self-esteem and life purpose through values clarification and small achievable goals that build confidence over time.
Choosing the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will work with each person to identify which techniques match their goals and preferences. Together they track progress and adjust plans as needed so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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