- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Erin
Erin Dunham is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma-related concerns. Erin aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for busy parents and caregivers.
She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change everyday habits. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to ease anxiety and improve focus.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what matters and find reasons to make lasting changes. Erin pays attention to family dynamics and adoption or foster care issues when they affect an individual's wellbeing. She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction struggles, compassion fatigue, and caregiving burnout.
Her work can include addressing attachment concerns and post-traumatic stress when these show up in daily life. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Erin helps clients set small, manageable steps between meetings and reviews progress together.
She blends insight about life patterns with concrete strategies to reduce symptoms and improve routine functioning. People who reach out often want someone who listens without judgment and offers clear next steps. Erin aims to create a steady, practical space where parents and individuals can address parenting stress, relationship strain, or emotional overwhelm and move forward with more confidence.
What Erin works with
Everything Erin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Erin helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Family problems
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erin lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Approaches that translate well to online sessions
Mindfulness Therapy helps people learn simple attention and breathing practices to reduce anxiety and increase calm. In sessions Erin can teach short exercises to use during stressful moments and coach clients on building a daily practice that fits parenting life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting-related worry because it offers clear steps and homework to practice between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way of helping someone find internal motivation for change. It works well when someone feels stuck about making shifts in behavior, such as handling anger, substance use, or new parenting routines.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Erin will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let therapists observe interactions and use visual materials. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or a short check-in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick reflections, check-ins, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help therapy fit into a busy family schedule.
Questions people ask about Erin
What concerns does Erin commonly help with?
Erin works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction issues, and related concerns such as attachment and post-traumatic stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and goal-oriented, combining practical skills with reflective work to help people make small, steady changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma recovery, and family-related stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit 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 Erin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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