About Erin
Erin Damato is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut with ten years of practice experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening, asking practical questions, and helping them find small, manageable steps forward. Erin aims to make beginning therapy straightforward and supportive for people taking that first step.
Her work covers common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. She also helps people navigate addictions, motivation and self-esteem struggles, and issues related to intimacy and relationships.
Background and approach
ADHD is among the areas she addresses when it affects daily functioning and wellbeing. Erin draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions focused on skills people can use between meetings. She prioritizes building on a person’s strengths and clarifying realistic goals.
Conversations are practical and grounded, with an emphasis on what can change now. Over her career she has supported clients facing grief, trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and mood disorders including bipolar concerns. She also assists people working through guilt, shame, and isolation, and those exploring life purpose and career questions.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through remote formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Erin works with each person to set a pace that fits their needs and schedule, aiming for progress that feels manageable and meaningful.
Practical approaches and flexible online care
Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and achievable steps. One common approach helps people learn practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, like breathing and grounding strategies plus routines to reduce overwhelm. Another approach focuses on behavior change and motivation, breaking larger goals into small actions and tracking progress to improve follow-through and mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erin talks with each person about their goals, what has or hasn't worked before, and personal preferences. Together they adjust techniques and pace so the work fits each person's life and priorities.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and have deeper conversations, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick reflection, brief skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These remote options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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