- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness skills
- Narrative work
About Erin
Erin Black is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with six years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and family concerns, and handle parenting challenges. She also works with grief, trauma and abuse, anger, life changes, and social anxiety and phobia.
Erin uses practical conversation to identify what feels most difficult right now. She listens for patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses that information to shape short-term goals. Sessions focus on concrete skills as well as on understanding the stories that influence reactions and choices.
She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thinking and to build coping skills. Mindfulness techniques are offered to ground attention and reduce reactivity during stressful moments. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas are used to look at personal history and relational patterns when that helps make sense of current struggles.
Erin adapts sessions to the person's pace and goals, moving between problem-solving, skills practice, and deeper reflection as needed. She pays attention to communication patterns and family systems when relationships are a central concern. For people dealing with adoption, foster care, divorce, isolation, or parenting strain, sessions combine practical steps with explorations of meaning.
People meet Erin to learn ways to feel more in control of anxiety, to strengthen communication, or to get support through life transitions. She works in English and sees clients in California. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Erin applies approaches in online sessions
Erin commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve coping. Mindfulness Therapy offers attention exercises and grounding practices to help manage stress and reactivity.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities and experience. That approach emphasizes listening and adapting the pace and focus based on what the person needs. Choosing the right mix of methods is collaborative - the therapist and client decide together which approaches to try and adjust them over time.
Confirm current session formats before booking so you know which options are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They can also let people use phone-only sessions when video would be difficult, or video when visual cues help the work. Erin will discuss practical arrangements and preferences when you complete the matching questionnaire and schedule your first appointment.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Erin help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, parenting issues, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, life changes, and social anxiety and phobia.
How does she work in sessions?
Sessions mix practical skill building and reflective conversation. Erin moves between problem-solving, skills practice, and reviewing patterns in relationships and behavior.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has six years of experience in clinical practice.
Where is she located and licensed?
Erin is licensed as an LCSW in California and offers services to people in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.