About Erin
Erin Lee is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, family conflict, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related concerns. Her style is calm and compassionate and aims to make change feel manageable.
Erin holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has additional certification in mindfulness.
Background and approach
She creates a steady space where clients can name what gets in the way and try small, practical shifts. Sessions emphasize clear strategies rather than lengthy theory talks. She often combines solution-focused techniques with elements of dialectical behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Mindfulness skills and simple self-care practices are woven into sessions so people can use them right away. The focus is on doable tools that fit into busy lives. For people seeking faster relief, Erin offers a summer fast-track option: six sessions over three weeks aimed at a specific, short-term goal.
That format centers on psychoeducation and practical steps to reduce distress quickly. She notes that this rapid plan is not intended for longer-term work. Erin also uses live chat as one of her session formats when clients prefer typing or a less formal check-in.
Overall, her approach balances practical skill-building with steady emotional support to help people move toward clearer, calmer days.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Erin commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness approaches in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges. Mindfulness therapy focuses on present-moment skills and breathing or noticing exercises that reduce reactivity and improve focus.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities. DBT-based skills teach step-by-step strategies for handling intense emotions and improving communication with others. Together these approaches give both short-term tools and longer practice options, and Erin will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals and day-to-day life.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when face-to-face interaction matters, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for clients who prefer typing, and text messaging supports quick check-ins and reminders. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, parenting, or travel schedules and help people keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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