About Erma
Dr. Erma Croom offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or life changes. She writes in straightforward terms and helps clients sort through what matters most.
Her approach centers on listening first and meeting each person where they are. Dr. Croom is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Georgia with three years of professional experience.
She focuses on everyday problems like coping with loss, managing panic or social anxiety, and navigating difficult changes such as divorce or career shifts.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns around trauma, addictions, relationship challenges, eating issues, and questions about identity and self-esteem. Sessions emphasize clear, honest conversation. She helps people name upsetting feelings, recognize patterns, and try small, practical steps to feel better.
The work can include addressing guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, first responder stress, or end-of-life and hospice related worries. Dr. Croom pays attention to how culture and background shape a person’s experience and brings that into the conversation.
She supports people exploring non-monogamous relationships, parenting strains, or career purpose without judgment. Her style is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. For those new to therapy, Dr.
Croom guides the first steps and helps set goals that feel manageable. She encourages people to build on their existing strengths while learning new ways to cope and move forward.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Dr. Croom uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and panic, such as identifying triggers and practicing short exercises to lower immediate distress. Another approach focuses on processing traumatic experiences and the feelings that follow, helping clients make sense of what happened and reduce its hold on daily life. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to see which methods fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting plans as progress is made. The therapist centers the client’s perspective and chooses techniques that match current needs and preferences. Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a quicker check-in fits a schedule. Live chat and text messaging can support brief daily check-ins, planning, or follow-up between sessions. These options help people fit counseling into work, travel, or busy family routines while keeping the focus on practical progress and accessible support.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English