About Erika
Erika Aucoin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She brings 15 years of experience working with people facing trauma, low self-esteem, panic, and mood challenges. Erika aims to give practical tools and steady support so clients can manage hard moments.
Erika emphasizes clear, individualized care rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand patterns in their thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on developing coping skills, improving communication, and reducing symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Her background includes many years of clinical work in Arkansas and a steady focus on trauma and mood disorders. Erika helps people dealing with obsessive patterns, panic attacks, and the ongoing effects of past abuse.
She also addresses attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and challenges linked to autism and Asperger syndrome. Erika offers flexible appointment options and adapts the pace to each person. She emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental approach and practical skill-building.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation, check-ins on progress, and tools to try between sessions. Those who choose Erika will work with a counselor who values collaboration and clear next steps. She aims to make therapy feel usable and relevant to everyday life.
To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Erika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes building coping skills to manage anxiety and panic - it teaches grounding exercises, breathing strategies, and step-by-step ways to face fears. Another approach targets trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people process distressing memories and reduce their impact on day-to-day life through gradual, structured work. Choosing the right way to work together is a team effort. Erika will listen to goals and preferences, explain options, and try methods that fit each person's pace. If an approach doesn’t feel right, she will adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and manageable. Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from a location that fits their schedule. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins or ongoing support into a busy day. These formats help people maintain continuity of care and make therapy more accessible across different life demands.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Louisiana
- Languages
- English