About Erika
Erika Williams-Walker is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and complex trauma. She brings 18 years of experience in behavioral health to clinical work in Georgia. Erika speaks plain language and aims to create a space where people can talk openly about what feels hard right now.
Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a Master’s degree in professional counseling from Argosy University.
Background and approach
She has worked in local government, nonprofit programs, and hospital settings. Much of her experience has involved supporting women through addiction, homelessness, parenting challenges, and childhood abuse. Erika uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
She also draws on trauma-focused methods when past events are affecting day-to-day life. Client-centered work guides her interactions so sessions reflect each person’s pace and goals. Typical sessions are straightforward and practical.
Erika listens closely, asks direct questions, and offers tools that can be used between meetings. She pays attention to relationship patterns, family of origin issues, codependency, and challenges like bipolar symptoms or substance use. People come to her for help with grief, parenting stress, career uncertainty, or rebuilding after a breakup.
She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, caregiver strain, and questions about life purpose. In all cases she aims to help people set realistic steps and notice progress over time.
How Erika’s Approaches Work Online
Erika practices client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client’s lead; it helps when people need a respectful space to sort feelings and choices. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new ideas, and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress.She also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events are still causing pain. Trauma-focused work looks at how memories, triggers, and coping habits affect daily life and helps people build safer responses over time. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative - the therapist and client pick methods based on goals, comfort level, and what actually helps in weekly sessions.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text work well for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and let people fit work on mental health into busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Coaching
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English