About Erin
Erin Arthur is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on addictions, trauma, mood concerns, and self-esteem. She brings more than three decades of counseling and case management experience. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people find practical steps that fit their life.
Erin aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for a worried parent or anyone under stress. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is causing current struggles.
Background and approach
Then she moves toward focused strategies that address those root problems. Sessions often blend skills practice with moments to process painful experiences and build coping tools. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day functioning.
Erin draws from several approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. She also incorporates motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps when helpful. These tools are chosen to match each person’s needs rather than applied the same way for everyone.
Her background includes long experience with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and substance use concerns. She also helps with family of origin issues, grief, chronic illness and pain, and life transitions. Erin is based in Missouri and works in English.
Conversations with her aim to be practical and respectful. She prefers to collaborate on goals and tailor plans so progress is realistic. If you want direct guidance and steady support while addressing anxiety, anger, or relationship strain, she can help you map the first steps.
How Erin’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening without judgment and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs understanding, emotional support, and a place to sort priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. It is useful for mood disorders, stress, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can support trauma recovery and daily stress management.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Erin will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together the client and therapist choose which approach or combination to try and adjust it as progress is made.
Online formats make that collaboration flexible. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person meetings. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief reflections, questions between sessions, or ongoing encouragement. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, medical appointments, or busy family life while keeping treatment focused on clear goals and practical steps.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English