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Erica Brown

Erica Brown, LPCC

Therapist · California · 10+ years of experience

Insightful LPCC focusing on life changes

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  • Strengths focused
  • Collaborative style
  • Goal oriented

About Erica

Erica Brown is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 10 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, and major life changes. Erica works in a supportive, collaborative way that aims to build on each person's strengths and goals.

Erica uses a client-centered style that treats the person as the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on spotting existing strengths, setting practical goals, and taking steps that feel manageable. She frames challenges as things people can learn to handle differently over time.

Her background includes a decade of clinical experience working with people dealing with caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, communication breakdowns, separation and divorce, and issues around life purpose and midlife crisis. She also addresses addiction concerns, mood disorders, grief related to hospice and end-of-life, and feelings of isolation.

Erica emphasizes partnership in therapy. She offers steady encouragement while helping clients test new ways of coping and communicating. The process tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Sessions are offered in English and Swedish in California. Erica holds the LPCC credential and draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people move toward clearer goals and improved day-to-day functioning.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

Caregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersParanoiaPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English, Swedish

How Erica Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online

Erica draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional resilience. One approach she commonly uses helps people identify personal strengths and apply them to current problems; this method supports work on motivation, coping, and clearer decision making. Another approach emphasizes collaborative problem solving and goal setting, breaking bigger life changes into small, testable steps that can reduce overwhelm and build confidence.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Erica partners with each person to match methods to their goals, difficulties, and daily routines. Together they review what’s working and adjust direction over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life by removing commute time, allowing sessions during a lunch break, or offering options that work around caregiving and other responsibilities. It also lets people continue work on emotional goals from different locations, while keeping scheduling flexible to match changing needs.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and coping with life changes such as midlife crisis.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is client-centered and strengths focused, emphasizing collaboration and practical steps the client can try between sessions.

What is her professional background?

She brings 10 years of clinical experience supporting people through caregiving stress, chronic illness, communication problems, and life transitions.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She holds the LPCC credential and practices in California.

Which languages are supported during sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Swedish.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How are sessions billed or priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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