About Erik
Erik Buskard is a licensed clinical professional counselor with nine years of practice. He offers a calm, straightforward presence for people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. He aims to make conversations feel safe and nonjudgmental so clients can talk openly about what matters to them.
Erik focuses on relationship and family concerns and helps people work through parenting stress and anger. He also supports those facing addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and big life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce daily overwhelm and build practical coping skills. His approach centers on listening carefully and tailoring strategies to each person. He draws on client-centered work to follow the client's pace and priorities.
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and develop small, doable behavior changes. Mindfulness methods are used to teach simple attention and grounding skills that can quiet the body and mind. Motivational interviewing helps people find personal reasons to change and keep going when motivation dips.
Erik holds the LCPC credential and practices in Maine. He offers several online session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, so people can pick what fits their routine. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist's availability.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Erik uses client-centered therapy to focus sessions around what the person brings. That means conversations begin with the client's concerns and progress at their pace, which can help people feel heard even when meeting remotely. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes; it translates well to online formats through worksheets, goal setting, and follow-up between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This collaborative stance aims to keep sessions practical and goal oriented while honoring each person's preferences.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging works well for brief check-ins, progress notes, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats offer flexibility to fit sessions into workday breaks, travel, or busy family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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