About Lonnie
Dr. Lonnie Erskine is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people move through trauma, grief, depression, addiction, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation.
Her work is straightforward and aimed at practical change rather than labels. She creates a calm space where people can speak honestly about painful events and difficult feelings. Sessions are meant to feel nonjudgmental and steady, so clients can try new ways of coping without pressure.
Background and approach
Lonnie listens closely and helps people sort out what matters most right now. Her approach combines clear problem-solving with attention to how thoughts and habits affect mood and behavior. She uses techniques that help people test unhelpful thinking and build small, manageable routines.
Mindfulness strategies help clients stay present and reduce overwhelm when memories or strong emotions arise. She also supports people facing life transitions, caregiving stress, and challenges related to identity and intimacy. Lonnie draws on motivational methods to help clients set realistic goals and keep momentum when change feels hard.
Practical steps and small wins are emphasized over big speeches. People who prefer direct, compassionate guidance tend to do well in her sessions. She explains options in plain language and partners with clients to find what fits their life.
If someone wants steady help for mood, grief, or trauma-related concerns, she offers a clear, down-to-earth path forward.
Approaches Used Online and How They Help
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead so they feel understood and respected; it can help when someone needs space to process grief, trauma, or identity concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and motivation issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce overwhelm and help people tolerate strong emotions more effectively.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then suggest steps to try. That choice can change over time as needs and priorities evolve, and she treats the selection as a collaborative process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video sessions let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat supports shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into real life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English