Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- ADHD
How Erin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erin
Erin Welsh is a Maryland-based counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood challenges, relationship and parenting strains, and concerns like ADHD, addiction, grief, and anger. Erin aims to help clients build self-esteem, manage strong emotions, and move toward clearer goals.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She and the client identify strengths, set practical goals, and map steps to reach them. Erin uses evidence-based strategies to reduce negative self-talk and teach healthier patterns of thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Erin blends a variety of approaches so sessions match each person's needs. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques, skills from dialectical behavior therapy, and attachment-focused work to support emotion regulation and relationship challenges. These methods get translated into simple exercises and real-life practice.
When working with parents and young children, Erin includes caregivers in planning and progress. She uses multisensory and tactile activities with younger clients alongside individual check-ins for parents. The aim is to make changes that fit daily life at home and school.
Erin provides online services through messaging and occasional phone sessions, checking in Monday through Friday. She guides people toward manageable steps, steady skill-building, and practical ways to lower stress and respond differently to anger.
What Erin works with
Everything Erin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Erin's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erin lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online skills building
Erin commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based ideas in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying simple behavior experiments to change how someone feels and acts, which can help with anxiety, depression, and anger. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how early patterns affect current reactions and communication, which is useful for relationship and parenting concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erin collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and day-to-day life. She adjusts exercises and pacing based on what a client prefers and what proves most helpful during sessions.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and role-play, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quick check-in, and text messaging supports short, ongoing skills practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and help clients keep building skills between sessions.
Questions people ask about Erin
What kinds of concerns does Erin address?
Erin works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, ADHD, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, and related issues.
What is Erin's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses talking, exercises, and real-life practice to build skills and reach clear goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Erin has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns and ages in counseling settings.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds MD and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credentials and practices from Maryland.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats does she use?
Erin provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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 Erin?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.