Erica Innocent , LISW, LICSW

Erica Innocent is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings ten years of experience to conversations about everyday strain and longer-term concerns. Erica speaks English and Haitian Creole and offers services to people located in Alabama, Ohio, Texas, and California through electronic delivery.

Erica uses a humanistic, client-centered way of working that starts with each person’s strengths. She helps people spot resources they already have and use those to cope with current challenges. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help people recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of thinking.

In sessions she keeps the tone nonjudgmental and practical. She aims to help people feel more capable of handling relationship stress, parenting pressures, grief, trauma, mood changes, and eating or food-related concerns. Her experience includes supporting people with anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem struggles, and trauma and abuse.

Erica has worked with a wide range of backgrounds and life situations and values diversity in the people she sees. She is licensed in Ohio as LISW and in Alabama as LICSW. Her practice combines listening, gentle challenge, and skills-building to help people move toward clearer thinking and more workable daily routines.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Subscription terms apply and can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Erica blends client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness to support people through stress and anxiety. Client-centered work focuses on listening and building on a person’s existing strengths to set goals and practical steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches simple exercises to test and shift unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness therapy encourages paying steady attention to the present moment and using short exercises to calm strong reactions and reduce rumination.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to try approaches that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed, combining listening, skill practice, and short homework tasks.

Confirm the session formats before booking, as options are listed with the therapist. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and reduce travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that work around childcare or work breaks. Many people find that the practical skills taught in CBT and mindfulness translate well to electronic sessions and can be practiced between meetings.