About Erika
Erika Lindgren is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. She talks with clients about mood disorders, trauma, grief, and the strain of life changes in a steady, nonjudgmental way. Her style is practical and focused on small steps that make daily life easier.
Erika listens first and then helps people choose tools that fit their situation. She uses straightforward techniques to reduce panic, manage intense emotions, and improve self-esteem.
How Erika works
Conversations often include ways to handle relationship communication problems and caregiver stress. Her background includes nine years of clinical experience supporting people through postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, and post-traumatic stress. She also brings a focus on addiction and recovery, helping people navigate drug and alcohol concerns with clear goals.
Adoption and foster care issues are part of her additional focus areas. Erika incorporates client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing. That mix helps people test small changes, reframe thoughts, and stay motivated to reach recovery goals.
Solution-focused work is used when clients want brief, goal-directed sessions. Sessions cover topics like sexuality, LGBT concerns, social anxiety, panic attacks, and women's issues. The practice aims to support steady skill building so clients can cope with life stressors and move toward daily routines that feel more manageable.
Erika lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Erika works with
The areas below are the ones Erika selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Erika uses client-centered methods that put the person's priorities first, offering a space to talk and be heard without judgement. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Motivational interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change, especially around addiction or lifestyle shifts, by building motivation and achievable goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then adjusts methods as progress is made. That collaborative planning helps match techniques to what actually helps in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper weekly sessions where reading body language matters. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts down. These options make therapy easier to schedule and keep consistent around other responsibilities.
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