About Erica
Erica Martin is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing relationship struggles, trauma, and LGBTQ concerns. She welcomes straightforward conversations about intimacy, body image, and the stress that comes with life changes. Erica uses clear language and practical steps so clients know what to expect in sessions.
She relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with small, doable steps between meetings.
Background and approach
Erica often prioritizes communication skills, boundaries, and ways to manage strong emotions. Erica has twelve years of professional experience working with issues like abandonment, attachment challenges, and blended family adjustments. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, infidelity, and isolation.
Her background includes helping clients untangle family of origin problems and cope with divorce or separation. In the room she keeps language plain and solutions practical. Clients can expect to talk through recent problems, practice new ways of responding, and try short exercises to test what works.
Progress is measured by clearer thinking, calmer reactions, and improved day-to-day functioning. Erica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules. She works with each person to shape a plan that fits their life, goals, and pace.
How Erica Uses CBT Online and What to Expect
Erica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often involve identifying thought patterns, testing them with real-life experiments, and practicing alternative responses to reduce distress. This approach is useful for anxiety around relationships, coping after trauma, and persistent negative self-beliefs.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Erica works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. She adjusts techniques as needed and checks in regularly to see what is working and what should change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let therapists and clients use visual cues and practice communication skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief support into busy days and to follow up between sessions. These formats give flexibility while keeping the focus on clear steps and measurable progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English