About Erica
Erica Innocent is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with ten years of clinical experience. She practices from a humanistic, client-centered stance and blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. Erica focuses on practical steps.
She helps people identify strengths they already have and use them to cope with hard moments. Sessions aim to make thoughts clearer and reactions easier to manage, so daily life feels more manageable.
How Erica works
Her approach starts with listening. Erica works to understand each person’s situation before suggesting changes. That might include noticing thought patterns that cause distress and trying simple exercises to shift them.
Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and attention in the moment. Cognitive techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and test out healthier ways of looking at problems. The client-centered stance keeps the person’s goals and values at the center of the work.
Erica has worked with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related issues, parenting stress, anger, and struggles with self-esteem. She offers services remotely while living in Alabama, and communicates in English and Haitian Creole. Erica holds LISW and LICSW credentials and draws on a decade of direct practice to guide the work.
Erica lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Erica works with
The areas below are the ones Erica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Haitian Creole |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
How her approaches fit into online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person’s strengths. In online sessions this means the therapist starts by asking about what matters most and follows the client’s lead to set goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts shape feelings and actions and uses short exercises to test out new thinking patterns; it is helpful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm stress in daily life.Finding the right mix of methods is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques together, and adjust based on what feels useful. Clients help set goals and decide whether more CBT work, mindfulness practice, or a client-centered focus best matches their needs.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, journaling-style reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days while using the approaches that support each person’s goals.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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