- Goal focused
- Family involved
- Messaging based
About Erin
Erin Welsh is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland who helps people work through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and issues around self-esteem. She supports adults, adolescents, children, caregivers, and those growing their families. Her tone is practical and goal-focused, aimed at people who want clear steps and real change.
Erin draws on 15 years of experience to create a collaborative plan with each client. She starts by identifying strengths and setting concrete goals. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that build confidence and new habits over time.
Her work blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with approaches that emphasize values, emotions, and attachment patterns. That combination is used to reduce unhelpful thinking, strengthen relationships, and improve coping with life changes such as grief, career transitions, or parenting stress.
When working with young children, Erin sees parent involvement as essential. She meets with parents and children separately and sometimes brings siblings or other family members together so everyone can learn new ways of interacting.
Erin also offers messaging and live messaging, and occasional phone sessions. She checks in Monday through Friday. She asks people to consider those formats before starting so the plan fits their needs.
Her aim is to help clients notice limiting patterns, practice different responses, and move toward a more positive outlook. She guides people step by step while adapting methods to each situation.
Erin draws on 15 years of experience to create a collaborative plan with each client. She starts by identifying strengths and setting concrete goals. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that build confidence and new habits over time.
Her work blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with approaches that emphasize values, emotions, and attachment patterns. That combination is used to reduce unhelpful thinking, strengthen relationships, and improve coping with life changes such as grief, career transitions, or parenting stress.
When working with young children, Erin sees parent involvement as essential. She meets with parents and children separately and sometimes brings siblings or other family members together so everyone can learn new ways of interacting.
Erin also offers messaging and live messaging, and occasional phone sessions. She checks in Monday through Friday. She asks people to consider those formats before starting so the plan fits their needs.
Her aim is to help clients notice limiting patterns, practice different responses, and move toward a more positive outlook. She guides people step by step while adapting methods to each situation.
How Erin’s Approaches Guide Online Work
Erin uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to shape her online sessions. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking concrete steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making lasting behavior changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions, which is useful for intimacy issues, commitment worries, and relationship conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erin collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays relevant and practical for daily life.
Erin offers messaging and live messaging, and occasional phone sessions. These formats can fit into busy schedules by allowing shorter check-ins, written reflection between sessions, and flexibility when travel or work makes scheduling hard. Before booking, confirm the current session options so they match your needs. Online formats can make it easier to keep momentum between meetings and practice new skills in the places where you live your life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Erin help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting and coping with life changes.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She helps clients set clear goals, uses hands-on strategies, and adapts methods to each person.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults and caregivers across many concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LCPC in Maryland, which indicates a licensed clinical professional counselor working in that state.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides messaging and live messaging, plus occasional phone sessions. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.