About Erica
Erica Sandoval offers help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, and family concerns. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, with seven years of clinical experience. Erica writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person who reaches out.
Erica uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to address difficult feelings. She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client's lead, and she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
How Erica works
She also incorporates dialectical behavior strategies to build emotional coping and mindfulness to lower reactivity. Sessions tend to focus on skills you can use between meetings. That might include communication strategies for tense family situations, steps to manage anxiety, or simple mindfulness practices for daily life.
Erica aims to make techniques doable and relevant to each person's schedule and goals. Her experience includes working with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and complex grief and shame. She pays attention to issues such as guilt, control struggles, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Erica offers care in English from her California practice. People who contact her start by describing their main struggles. Together they set clear, achievable goals and track progress as therapy continues.
Erica supports young adults and others navigating transitions and common life stressors.
Erica lists 11 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
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Erica uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's goals and experience. This approach means the therapist listens first, follows what matters most to the client, and adapts sessions around those priorities. It works well for people who need a supportive, nonjudgmental space to sort things out.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical strategies to reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy elements help build emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal responses for people facing strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Erica will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, and she checks in regularly to see what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into busy days.
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