About Ericka
Ericka Bassey is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and mood challenges. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Minnesota. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and meets people where they are.
Ericka uses straightforward methods to address problems that feel overwhelming. She listens first and then helps set small, realistic steps toward change. That can mean learning skills for anxiety, organizing a plan after a loss, or figuring out how to stop compulsive behaviors.
How Ericka works
Her background includes clinic, hospital, and community mental health work. Those settings shaped an adaptable approach that fits different life situations. She combines short-term problem solving with longer work on underlying patterns when that’s helpful.
Ericka draws on a few complementary approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She tailors the mix to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. She also helps people with parenting stress, caregiver strain, relationship hard spots, and multicultural concerns.
Ericka pays attention to family of origin issues, codependency, and coping with major life changes. Her style is compassionate, practical, and focused on what will make everyday life easier. People who choose Ericka can expect clear steps, concrete coping tools, and support in deciding next moves.
She partners with clients to set attainable goals and track progress over time.
Ericka lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Ericka works with
The areas below are the ones Ericka selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on skills and connection
Client-centered work focuses on listening and collaboration. The therapist offers a respectful space and follows the person’s lead to identify what matters most and build on strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. It uses simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These tools are useful for strong emotions, relationship conflicts, and coping during crisis. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer. This collaboration helps match methods to real-life concerns. Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are helpful for quick check-ins, step-by-step problem solving, and reminders between longer sessions. These remote options make it easier to use skills when life is busy and to keep therapy steady during change.Start online instead of waiting
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