- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Erica
Erica Ortiz-Pellicer is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She speaks both English and Spanish and brings five years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, and depression. Erica keeps language plain and direct so parents can focus on practical next steps rather than jargon.
She offers calm, goal-focused sessions that center on the issues you bring. Sessions often include problem-solving, coping strategies, and ways to notice unhelpful patterns in everyday life.
Background and approach
Erica also addresses parenting-related stress and postpartum concerns with attention to each person's cultural background. Her work includes support around adoption and foster care matters, blended family challenges, and family of origin issues. She helps clients handle life transitions, midlife reflection, and questions about life purpose.
She also provides support for chronic pain, illness, and disability-related stress. Erica is attentive to multicultural concerns and women's issues, and she can assist people managing social anxiety, impulsivity, and control struggles. She is able to talk through self-esteem struggles and self-harm thoughts in a way that focuses on safety and small, manageable changes.
All sessions are offered in English or Spanish. Erica uses video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences. She aims to make the process clear and straightforward for people balancing parenting and everyday demands.
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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches and online options that fit busy lives
Erica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and skills. One common approach emphasizes practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, pacing, and behavior changes to reduce daily overwhelm. Another approach works on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with depression, low self-esteem, and parenting stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erica discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods over time so the work stays relevant and doable. She aims to match techniques to what the client wants to achieve rather than sticking to a single method.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling parenting and other responsibilities. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging provide brief, ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer typing to talking. These options make regular care easier to fit into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Erica
What concerns does Erica help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes, plus related areas like postpartum depression and blended family issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are plainspoken and goal-focused, with practical strategies, problem-solving, and attention to cultural context.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Erica has five years of experience working as a licensed mental health counselor.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
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