Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
How Erica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erica
Erica Ashley is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience. She uses a person-centered approach that focuses on strengths and practical steps. Erica aims to help people manage anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
She emphasizes respect, genuine care, and a nonjudgmental space. Sessions begin by identifying what matters most to the client and setting simple, realistic goals. Erica draws on collaborative, goal-focused techniques to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Erica also takes a broad view of wellbeing that includes mind, body, and spirit. That perspective guides how she helps with issues like addiction, grief, trauma, and self-esteem. She pays attention to how daily habits and relationships affect emotional life.
Her work includes helping people with parenting stress, blended family issues, communication problems, and fatherhood concerns. She likewise supports people facing panic attacks, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and personality-related struggles through practical skills and coping strategies. Erica uses a mix of approaches so each plan fits the person.
In sessions she helps clients build coping skills, practice new ways of responding, and track small changes over time. Her aim is steady progress that people can use in daily life.
What Erica works with
Everything Erica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Erica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths to set goals and make gradual changes; it helps with motivation, low self-esteem, and relationship stresses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that can be useful for anger, impulsivity, and intense mood swings.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This allows sessions to match the client's needs and preferences over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when video is not convenient. Live chat and messaging provide brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and a flexible option for shorter updates or homework review.
Questions people ask about Erica
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, self-esteem, relationship and parenting concerns, and related issues like ADHD and panic attacks.
What is her therapy style like?
She practices a client-centered, strengths-based style that focuses on respect and collaboration to set realistic goals and try practical strategies.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of counseling experience working with a wide range of concerns and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana and provides services from that state.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different preferences.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.