Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Erika works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erika
Erika Haines is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults living in California. Her manner is warm, direct, and often gently humorous to make hard conversations easier to start.
Erika keeps sessions practical and focused. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
Background and approach
She also uses Client-Centered methods to listen closely and create an accepting space for whatever comes up. When someone is coping with trauma, grief, or life changes she blends longer-term reflection with goal-focused work. Solution-Focused techniques help set clear, short-term steps for change.
Psychodynamic and Jungian ideas can be drawn on to understand deeper patterns when that seems useful. Sessions usually move at the client’s pace. Erika encourages skill building for anger management, coping with ADHD or mood shifts, and managing addictive behaviors.
She also supports people navigating family problems, communication struggles, infidelity, and multicultural or immigration-related stress. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She aims to help people find what actually works in day-to-day life, whether that is new ways to respond to triggers, clearer communication, or practical coping skills.
People who want a mix of listening, insight, and concrete tools often find this approach helpful.
What Erika works with
Everything Erika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Erika's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erika lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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 and online care
Erika commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and habits that feed addictions. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship and helps people feel heard while they sort through difficult feelings and decisions.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. The first few sessions are often about building trust, setting practical goals, and deciding which tools to use going forward.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging allow shorter check-ins and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, childcare, or travel.
Questions people ask about Erika
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, relationship problems, grief, trauma and related issues such as parenting, self-esteem, and ADHD.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm, straightforward, and sometimes uses gentle humor. She focuses on listening closely while also helping people develop practical skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and client histories.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, listed as LMFT, and she provides services to people who live in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.