Erika Posey, LMSW

Erika Posey, LMSW, offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship tension, or parenting strain. She writes in a calm, approachable way and focuses on practical steps someone can use between sessions. Many people seek her help for issues like grief, addiction concerns, trouble with intimacy, or the ups and downs of mood and life change.

Erika trained in social work, completing a master’s degree in clinical social work after an undergraduate social work program. She has seven years of experience in the field and brings a strengths-based, easy-going manner to the work. She also has background in maternal infant mental health and supports parents who want closer relationships with their young children.

Her sessions often include tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense feelings and change unhelpful patterns. She also uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused practices when helping people address relationship stress and closeness issues. Motivational interviewing and self-esteem building techniques appear in her toolbox for practical, goal-oriented work.

Erika has worked across the lifespan, including newborns, toddlers, youth, teens, adults, and older adults. She helps people cope with trauma, grief, life transitions, parenting challenges, and family-of-origin concerns. Her style emphasizes advocacy, skill-building, and improving everyday functioning.

People who choose her typically want clear strategies, compassionate feedback, and a collaborative approach to change. Those interested in starting are invited to review session options and the sign-up steps on the site before scheduling.

How Erika’s approaches fit online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early connection shapes current relationships and helps people build more steady ways of relating. It can be useful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and family-of-origin patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behavior and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety and low mood. It often includes clear, practical homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From that conversation she will suggest which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The profile does not specify session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit a meeting into a workday, skip travel time, or use a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. Online work also allows focus on skills practice and real-time problem solving in everyday life. Licensed professionals tailor pacing, homework, and session structure so therapy fits into daily routines without promising a specific format.