Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW, LICSW
- Licensed in
- Ohio, Alabama
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erica
Erica Innocent is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical, human-centered care. She brings 10 years of experience helping people who are stressed, struggling with anger, or coping with anxiety and depression. Erica speaks English and Haitian Creole and works with clients in Alabama using telehealth sessions across several states.
Erica favors a client-centered style that builds on a person’s strengths. She helps people notice what already works for them, and then uses those strengths to manage daily stress and strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with clearer, more useful thoughts. Her work often addresses relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma and eating concerns. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical, so people leave with steps they can try between meetings.
Erica values diverse backgrounds and frames therapy as a partnership rather than a lecture. Erica holds social work licenses in Ohio and Alabama as stated in her credentials: Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). She has worked in settings that included children, adults, and family concerns over the past decade.
This range of experience informs her flexible, down-to-earth approach. People meet with Erica through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions based on availability.
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
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Eating and food-related issues
Approaches Erica lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person where they are. In practice this means the therapist follows a person’s pace, highlights strengths, and helps set goals that feel realistic and useful. This approach is often helpful for people dealing with stress, family strain, and motivation to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions teach simple skills to notice unhelpful thinking and test new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety or anger. People often use CBT tools between sessions to build momentum outside of appointments.
Erica treats finding the right approach as a joint process. She discusses options with each person and adapts techniques based on their goals and daily life. This collaborative attitude helps tailor the work to what a person needs most right now.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client read body language and do focused work together. Phone sessions can be handy when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between meetings, track progress, and get brief support during busy days. Licensed professionals can use these options to fit therapy into a real schedule without adding travel time.
Questions people ask about Erica
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and eating concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a client-centered approach and draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful thoughts.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of experience working in therapeutic settings with a range of life situations and values diversity in care.
Which credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
Credentials shown are LISW and LICSW. She is based in Alabama and holds licensure listings as provided in her profile.
What languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.