Approach

A good connection is what makes counseling work.

Erin's method is not a script. It starts with the relationship, moves at a pace you agree to, and stays honest about what is helping and what is not.

01What to expect

From first call to finishing well.

A free 15-minute call

By telehealth, no charge. You say what is going on in whatever words you have. Erin explains how she works, answers questions about insurance and scheduling, and you both decide whether to go further. Nobody is signing anything on this call.

The first sessions: connection first

Erin's main focus is establishing the therapeutic relationship, because a good connection is what makes counseling effective. Early sessions are about history, context, and what steadies you — not about excavating the worst thing you have lived through on day one.

Goals set together

You will name what you want different, in concrete terms. Erin works collaboratively on treatment goals rather than handing you a plan, and she works especially well with clients who are focused on those goals and want to complete treatment.

The work itself

Strength-based, cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused, drawing on CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy as the situation calls for. The starting assumption is that you already have strengths and coping skills — part of the work is finding them and using them deliberately.

Open communication about what is working

Erin will ask you directly which techniques are helping and which are not, and will change course when the answer is 'not that one'. You do not have to be polite about it.

Finishing well

Therapy here is not designed to be permanent. When your goals are met, you talk about what maintenance looks like, what your early warning signs are, and how to come back if you need to.

02Methods

The tools Erin brings.

Chosen for the person in front of her, explained plainly, and never used without your agreement.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

An eye-movement approach in the EMDR family. Erin is certified in ART, and it can resolve a distressing memory in as little as one session.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Catching the thought that runs underneath the feeling, testing whether it is true, and building something steadier in its place.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and staying in relationship when everything in you wants to leave the room.

EMDR

Bilateral processing for memories that still land in the body as if they were happening now.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Making room for the hard feeling rather than fighting it, and moving toward what you actually value anyway.

Mindfulness-based practice

Simple, repeatable ways to come back to the present moment — used in session and carried into the week.

Each approach, explained.

A closer look at the methods Erin draws on, what a session can involve, and who each one may suit.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

How thoughts, feelings and actions feed each other, and how CBT works on catching, testing and replacing the quick verdicts behind a hard day.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills

Practical skills from dialectical behavior therapy for riding out intense moments, steadying strong emotions and staying in hard conversations, used within individual sessions.

EMDR

What EMDR therapy involves, why preparation comes before processing, and how it relates to ART, the eye-movement approach Erin is certified in.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

What ACT asks you to try: making room for hard thoughts and feelings, and putting your energy toward what you care about instead.

Mindfulness-based practice

Short, repeatable attention skills for returning to the present moment, practiced in session and used through the week at a pace you choose.

Strength-based therapy

Erin's core style: starting from the strengths and coping skills you already have, while taking the struggle that brought you in seriously.

Solution-focused therapy

A goal-first way of working that looks for what is already going right, then builds small, concrete steps toward what you want.

03What Erin brings to the room

Supportive, compassionate, and present.

Present in struggle and present in progress — the second one matters more than people expect. Erin meets you where you are rather than where a treatment manual says you should be by week six, and she is known for a kind heart that makes an impact with everyone she meets.

"You have taken the first step in creating a healthier, happier you and I would be honored to help you in that journey!"

04What she will not do

No promises she cannot keep.

No guaranteed outcomes, no fixed number of sessions decided before she has met you, and no claim that any single method — including ART — is a certain cure. What she can promise is honest feedback about what she is seeing and a willingness to change the plan.

05Work with me

Start with the fifteen minutes.

It costs nothing and it is the fastest way to find out whether this is a fit.

Free 15-minute consultation

Book a consultation with Erin

Fifteen minutes by telehealth, at no charge. You can describe what is going on, ask how Erin works, and decide afterward whether to book a first session. Scheduling opens in her secure SimplePractice portal.

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