- Years in practice
- 29
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Erica
Erica R. Brooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nearly three decades of work in the St. Louis, Missouri child welfare and mental health systems.
She began her career in 1994 supporting children and adolescents in residential treatment, outpatient settings, foster care, and adoption agencies. That long history shaped her focus on reducing the long-term harm of early trauma and improving later life outcomes. Over time she expanded to work with adults seeking better relationships, improved parenting, and greater life satisfaction.
Background and approach
Many adults she sees trace current struggles back to painful childhood experiences. That observation led her to use a broader, more holistic way of approaching care that looks at the whole person. Her style mixes practical, client-centered methods with insight-oriented approaches.
Sessions tend to balance talking through current problems, identifying patterns that come from early life, and using skills to manage stress and mood. She pays attention to attachment history and how it affects relationships now. Parents often find her experience in child welfare helpful when discussing parenting stress, adoption and foster care issues, or attachment concerns.
She also addresses anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, and self-esteem struggles. Erica draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas, and client-centered principles to fit each person's needs. Her goal is to build a trusting connection and work together toward clearer choices and healthier daily routines.
What Erica works with
Everything Erica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Erica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Erica lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Erica’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and trust. Online sessions can use conversations about past and present relationships to improve how people connect and respond to loved ones. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives concrete tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, such as tracking moods, trying new actions, and practicing short skills between sessions. These techniques work well over video or phone when a plan and homework are clear.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erica will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She takes time to learn personal history and priorities before suggesting a plan of action so changes feel realistic and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility that helps busy parents and people with tight schedules. Video calls allow more face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can fit a break or use less bandwidth, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging works for shorter updates or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep steady momentum while working on relationships, parenting concerns, stress, or trauma-related goals.
Questions people ask about Erica
What concerns does she help people address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addictions, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and many relationship and life-change issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness work, plus attention to attachment and past experiences to understand patterns.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 29 years of experience in child welfare and mental health settings, including residential treatment, outpatient services, and foster care and adoption agencies.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; start by completing the short matching questionnaire and then schedule.
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