Erika Torres, LMFT - Therapist in California

About Erika

Erika Torres is an LMFT in California with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people tackle relationship struggles, parenting concerns, anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Erika takes a practical, down-to-earth approach that aims to identify strengths and build on them.

Sessions are straightforward and approachable, with a warm, direct style and a bit of humor when it fits. Erika draws on several evidence-informed methods to match the person in front of her.

Background and approach

She uses solution-focused ideas to set clear, achievable goals. She applies cognitive behavioral tools to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and move forward.

Her work often centers on everyday pressures - managing grief, coping with compassion fatigue, handling intimacy or anger issues, and addressing questions about identity and life purpose. She also supports people navigating adoption and foster care, postpartum concerns, immigration-related stress, and family of origin issues. Approach and pace are adjusted to meet each person's needs.

Erika prefers a collaborative process. She helps clients spot small wins and then builds on them. Conversations focus on practical steps that fit real life, not abstract theories.

The goal is clearer direction and more moments of relief. If someone is ready to begin, she guides them through simple next steps so work can start when it feels right.

How Erika’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of connection and trust in relationships. It helps people notice how early relationships shape current bonding and communication, and then try different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then replace them with more helpful ones. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and everyday mood struggles because it targets specific patterns and teaches practical skills.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, nonjudgmental way to explore a person’s own reasons for change. It’s especially helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about their next steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Erika will help figure out which methods best match a person’s goals, needs, and comfort level. She tailors techniques as the relationship progresses so the plan fits real life and real constraints.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow live conversation and visual cues, phone sessions reduce screen demands, and live chat or text-based messaging give short, on-the-go support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain momentum across life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Erika help with?

She supports people with relationship issues, parenting questions, self-esteem, career concerns, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and related topics listed in her profile.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Erika combines a supportive and empowering tone with a direct, practical approach. She focuses on strengths and clear steps rather than lengthy theory.

What experience does she bring?

She has 13 years of experience working in a variety of clinical settings and has provided therapy across many common life and relational challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is licensed as an LMFT in California, with license number CA LMFT 52064, and practices from that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy sessions.

How are fees and payment handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Parenting issues
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 13 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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