About Erin
Erin Brahms is a licensed mental health counselor in Massachusetts with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, mood struggles, and major life changes. Erin aims to make the first steps toward change feel clear and manageable.
Erin uses straightforward skills training and problem-solving in sessions. She listens without judgment and helps clients name what matters to them. Conversations focus on small, practical steps that can reduce daily distress and build new routines.
Background and approach
She has spent a lot of time working in school settings supporting adolescents and their families. That background informs how she talks with young adults about school, identity, and relationship challenges. She also has focused experience with drug, alcohol, and process addictions such as gaming or compulsive behaviors.
In her work she blends client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used when someone wants clear goals and a plan to reach them. Sessions tend to be goal-oriented, with attention to emotions and real-life habits.
Erin aims to support parents and caregivers navigating stress, and she offers practical coaching on coping and self-care. She helps people address co-occurring issues like eating concerns, ADHD symptoms, or substance use in a coordinated way. Her approach is collaborative and focused on what the client wants to change.
Approach and access with online therapy
Erin commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Erin works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, daily life, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins and ongoing accountability. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines and make regular contact easier to maintain.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English