Dr. Erica Sanders, LCSW

Dr. Erica Sanders offers a practical, person-centered approach to stress and anxiety. She uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused work to help people get unstuck and find clearer ways forward. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people notice patterns and try small changes that add up over time.

Sanders holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and she brings 15 years of varied clinical experience. She has a doctorate from Barry University and both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from The University of Texas at Arlington. Her background includes work with adults in multiple settings, using both short-term and longer-term approaches.

Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with parenting strain, career decisions, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems.

In sessions she blends Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. That mix lets her tailor sessions to a person’s goals and pace. She emphasizes building on existing strengths while working toward practical next steps.

Outside of work she enjoys travel, family time, and community service. Her aim in therapy is to help people move from simply surviving to living with more purpose and balance.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connection patterns and trust. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns in real time and practice new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and feelings, with the therapist following the client’s lead and reflecting what matters most in their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces small experiments and skill practice to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and what’s happening in day-to-day life. That means trying interventions, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week by removing travel time and offering more scheduling flexibility. It also lets people use practical strategies from their usual environment, which can speed up applying new skills. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered and how scheduling works.