- Stress and anxiety
- Career coaching
- Social anxiety support
About Erin
Erin Osborn is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, self esteem, career concerns, coping with life changes, and coaching. Her practice also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.
Erin frames therapy as a practical collaboration. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, manageable steps, and skills people can use between appointments.
Her background includes work with professional coaching and career-focused concerns. That experience informs how she talks through motivation, workplace stress, and next steps for people considering change. Erin aims to help people sort priorities and make decisions that fit their values.
In sessions she helps people name what's getting in the way and practices strategies to reduce anxiety and increase confidence. Conversations cover real situations - meetings, social events, job challenges - and rehearse ways to respond differently. She uses straightforward feedback and practical exercises rather than abstract theory.
People who prefer a focused, goal-oriented approach often find this style useful. Erin encourages small, testable steps and checks progress regularly. She asks clients to notice what works, adjust plans, and build on successes over time.
How Erin uses evidence-based techniques online
Erin works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practice. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting; this can be useful for anxiety, social fears, and improving confidence. Behavioral strategies break big challenges into small experiments - for example rehearsing a social interaction step by step or setting brief, achievable work goals.She also draws on coaching-informed methods that emphasize goal setting, problem solving, and accountability. Those methods help when people want to address career moves, motivation, or life transitions. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work together; she will help clients decide which approaches match their needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten a check-in when time is tight, or avoid travel to an office. Therapists and licensed professionals often find remote sessions support consistent progress while allowing practical flexibility.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, self esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, and coaching. Additional focuses include communication difficulties, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is goal-oriented and practical, with an emphasis on strengths and step-by-step skills people can use between sessions. Conversations focus on real situations and concrete strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, career concerns, and coaching.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and practices from that state.
What languages are offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.