About Erica
Erica Spragans is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the effects of trauma. She speaks plainly and creates a calm space where clients can talk about what matters to them. Erica acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and she supports people through that first step.
Erica draws on eight years of professional experience practicing in Virginia. She focuses on practical skills to manage difficult feelings and on improving communication in close relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions often include ways to reduce anxious reactions, build confidence, and address patterns that make daily life harder. People come to her for help with relationship strain and workplace stress as well as specific issues like impulsivity, mood shifts, and social anxiety. She also works with concerns around forgiveness and self-love, tailoring conversations to what each person brings to the room.
Erica uses straightforward tools and listening to help clients notice small, useful changes. Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere. She asks clear questions and offers concrete strategies that can be used between sessions.
Erica supports clients as they try new ways of responding to old problems and track what works for them. Therapy sessions are collaborative. Erica helps people set goals and checks in about progress regularly.
She aims to make therapy feel doable and relevant to everyday life.
Evidence-based approaches and online flexibility
Erica uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage intense emotions and improve daily functioning. One common method focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and mood symptoms by teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior experiments to test unhelpful predictions. Another approach emphasizes communication skills and problem-solving for relationship and workplace concerns, helping people notice interaction patterns and try new responses that reduce conflict.Finding the best fit for a person is a collaborative process. Erica will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try different strategies, and adjust the approach as progress and needs become clearer. Decisions about methods are made together rather than imposed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can work well if bandwidth is limited or a check-in is needed on the go. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, reflective check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English