About Erin
Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who blends body-centered work with talk therapy. She focuses on helping people reconnect with their bodies and trust their own instincts. Erin aims to help clients build self-acceptance, confidence, and a clearer sense of direction.
Erin uses practical, down-to-earth methods rather than jargon. Sessions often combine conversation with awareness of how the body is holding stress or emotion.
How Erin works
She helps people notice patterns, try small changes, and practice new ways of coping. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with somatic specialization and a graduate certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. Erin has eight years of clinical experience in community and clinical settings.
That work included counseling in schools, group homes, foster care, and facilitating life skills programs for at-risk youth. She also has experience coaching athletes and supporting people through injuries. Erin understands how athletic identity and trauma can affect a person’s sense of self and body.
She uses that perspective to help clients rebuild resilience and adapt after setbacks. Typical concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Erin works with individual adults and younger clients in ways that match each person’s needs and pace.
Erin lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Erin works with
The areas below are the ones Erin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Erin’s approaches translate to online therapy
Erin uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional patterns. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way and supports building healthier ways of relating.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and Mindfulness Therapy. DBT offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Mindfulness practices teach noticing thoughts and sensations without judgment, which helps with anxiety, stress, and coping with change.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client will talk about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. They adjust methods over time so the work matches the client’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth sessions and visual cues. Phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people with busy schedules, caregiving duties, or mobility limits and let therapists use the same approaches across different formats.
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