- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Erika
Erika Posey is a licensed master social worker who focuses on practical support for parents and individuals under stress. She speaks plainly and helps people sort through parenting challenges, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. Her style is easygoing and strengths-focused, aimed at helping people find steps they can try between sessions.
Erika uses skills from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new responses. She also draws on dialectical behavior ideas to teach coping skills for intense emotions.
Background and approach
These methods are paired with client-centered care that keeps the person's goals in the lead. Her training includes a clinical master of social work degree and seven years in the field. That background includes work with parents and with people across the age span, from newborn concerns to older-adult issues.
She also has experience with trauma, grief, addiction, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. In sessions she focuses on clear goals and simple tools. Parents often work on practical parenting skills, attachment concerns, or ways to manage stress while caring for a child.
Other clients may focus on anxiety, self-esteem, or navigating life transitions. Erika offers a calm, collaborative approach. She helps people set small, realistic goals and practices skills together so changes feel achievable.
Her work emphasizes real-world strategies that fit day-to-day life.
What Erika works with
Everything Erika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Erika helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erika lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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 attachment and skills-based approaches work online
Erika draws from attachment-based ideas to help parents strengthen bonds and reduce patterns that cause distance. This approach focuses on understanding how early relationships shape responses and then practicing small changes to increase connection. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Erika will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first, adjusting plans as you learn what helps. That collaborative process means goals are shared and methods change if something does not fit.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy parents and people with tight schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is not possible, and live chat or text messaging let clients check in between meetings or use shorter touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a nap schedule, or other commitments while still building skills and making steady progress.
Questions people ask about Erika
What concerns does Erika commonly address?
Erika helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship and family issues, grief, depression, addictions, and trauma-related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
She takes an easygoing, strengths-based approach that focuses on clear goals and practical skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in social work and clinical settings after completing a master of social work degree.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential (LMSW) and practices from Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Erika meets over video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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