Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
How Erica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erica
Erica Smith Jimenez is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She helps people manage strong emotions like anger and anxiety, navigate relationship and family challenges, and cope with loss, trauma, or major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical change rather than jargon.
Erica uses a blend of methods to fit each person's needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and emotionally-focused work to improve connection.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing add skills for shifting thoughts and staying motivated. Sessions tend to be down-to-earth and goal-focused. Erica is direct but warm and listens for strengths people can build on.
She can suggest concrete tools to reduce stress, improve communication, and handle parenting or blended family tensions. With 23 years of experience, she brings long-term practice to common issues like depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Erica also supports people dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue, and life purpose questions.
She offers therapy in English and works with concerns across the spectrum from relationship conflict to individual coping skills. Erica encourages a collaborative process where clients set goals and try practical steps between sessions. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire to help match goals and then schedule sessions that suit their timing.
Sessions are available through multiple online formats to fit different needs.
What Erica works with
Everything Erica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Erica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erica lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Erica draws on attachment-based work to uncover patterns in relationships and help people build safer, more reliable ways of relating. This approach is useful for people who notice repeating conflicts or who struggle with trust and connection. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical experiments to change feelings and behavior. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, low mood, and anger by giving clear steps to practice.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Erica treats therapy as a collaboration and will help figure out which methods fit a persons needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending approaches and adjusting strategies as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat or messaging can support brief updates, coaching-style guidance, or flexible threading through a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into daily life.
Questions people ask about Erica
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship strain, along with parenting and family issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The style is direct, nurturing, and down to earth. Erica focuses on practical steps and builds on each person's strengths.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with this therapist?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.