About Erika
Erika Haines is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Erika also supports clients coping with grief, parenting challenges, attention concerns, and changes that come with major life transitions. Her style is warm and direct.
She aims for a calm, friendly atmosphere so people can talk without feeling judged. Humor is used when it fits the moment, and sessions focus on practical steps that can be tried between meetings.
Erika draws on several approaches to shape sessions. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and understand each person's experience.
Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors that keep problems going. She also integrates solution-focused techniques for shorter-term goals and psychodynamic or Jungian ideas when looking at deeper patterns that repeat over time.
This mix lets Erika adapt to immediate concerns and longer-term change work as needed. Erika has worked in the field for 13 years and holds a California LMFT license.
She offers services in English and Spanish and works with adults facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral struggles. People who want practical tools alongside thoughtful listening often find her approach useful.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Erika uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas in online sessions. Client-centered Therapy means she listens closely and follows the client's concerns, offering empathy and reflection to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that cause distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Erika will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest techniques that match those needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing, and text messaging makes it possible to send quick updates or reflections between appointments. These options support flexibility and ongoing contact while you pursue your goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish