Erika Hernandez
Focused, practical support for parents and life changes
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Erika
Erika Hernandez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. Erika creates a calm, open space where parents and individuals can speak honestly about what they are feeling.
She uses straightforward, compassionate support to help people take practical steps toward feeling better. Erika spends sessions listening first, then helping clients find tools that fit their daily life.
Background and approach
She supports people facing trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship or intimacy concerns, and issues tied to work and career. She also addresses ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, and the strains that come with first responder work and hospice situations. Therapy with Erika includes plain talk and collaborative problem solving.
She works with clients around infidelity, grief and end-of-life matters, and helps build coping skills for change. Sessions aim to boost confidence, reduce overwhelm, and clarify next steps. Erika is licensed in California as an LMFT, CA LMFT 99387.
She offers flexible session styles to fit busy schedules. For people who prefer remote care, she provides several online and phone options to make regular sessions more manageable.
How Erika Uses Evidence-Based Work Online
Erika draws on evidence-based approaches that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes teaching coping skills and small behavioral steps to reduce anxiety and manage stress; it helps people build predictable routines and handle overwhelming moments. Another approach centers on processing painful experiences and trauma by creating a safe space to name feelings and practice new, steadier responses to triggers; this can ease grief and relationship strain.Choosing the right method is a shared process. Erika listens to each person's goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints, then recommends approaches to try together. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy with Erika is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, and caregiving responsibilities. The variety of formats also lets clients pick what feels most comfortable for talking through hard topics and practicing new skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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