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Online therapist

Erica Cervantez

Focused trauma and coaching support

Credentials
LPC
Experience
20 years
Licensed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Erica

Erica Cervantez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with twenty years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people recover from trauma and abuse, improve self-esteem, and build motivation. Erica also offers coaching for professional and executive growth and help for caregivers facing compassion fatigue.

She writes plainly and works to make therapy understandable and approachable for busy parents. Erica believes clients know their own stories and brings a collaborative style to sessions.

Background and approach

She listens for strengths and practical ways to use them. Conversations often center on small, manageable steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. Her background spans two decades of clinical work across different settings in Colorado.

That time informed her practical approach to trauma and to coaching professionals through workplace and career challenges. Erica leans on proven techniques while keeping language everyday and direct. Sessions are aimed at meeting people where they are.

Erica helps clients set clear, achievable goals and checks progress often. The focus is on tangible changes people can notice between sessions. Many clients find her style steady and straightforward.

She supports the work of change with encouragement and concrete tools. Parents reading this can expect calm guidance and an emphasis on building skills that fit into real family life.

Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit family life

Erica draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on safety, skill building, and practical change. For trauma work she uses approaches that teach grounding and emotion regulation skills to help reduce distress and make memories easier to manage. For self-esteem and coaching work she emphasizes skill practice, goal-setting, and gradual steps to build confidence and motivation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erica will listen to needs, goals, and daily routines and suggest methods that fit your situation. Together they try an approach, review how it’s going, and adjust based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around family schedules and work demands, and they allow brief check-ins when steady support is needed. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep momentum between meetings and to provide steady, practical guidance.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Erica commonly address?
She works with trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self-esteem, professional coaching, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Erica uses a collaborative, strengths-based approach and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has twenty years of professional experience working in Colorado-based clinical settings.
What credentials and license does she hold?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, CO LPC LPC.0003470, licensed in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Erica?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
20 years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English

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