Erin Borden
Practical support for stress and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Erin
Erin Borden is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. She practices in California and brings six years of clinical work to sessions. Erin centers the client's own knowledge about their life while offering practical support and guidance.
She emphasizes small, steady steps toward change so progress feels manageable. Erin treats challenges that often come with life transitions and shifting responsibilities.
Background and approach
She helps people build tools for coping with panic, mood changes, and overwhelming days. Conversations focus on clear strategies for handling workplace stress, improving communication, and reducing impulsive reactions. In sessions she pays attention to feelings of emptiness, isolation, and struggles with self-love.
She also addresses caregiver stress, control issues, and forgiveness when those topics come up. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Erin aims to make therapy practical and relatable.
She listens for strengths and helps people apply those strengths to real situations. Her goal is to support clients as they move toward a more satisfying and balanced life. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, concrete coping skills, and gentle accountability.
Erin’s approach blends empathy with actionable steps so change feels possible over time.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One approach centers on skill-building for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations so anxiety feels more manageable. Another emphasis is on mood regulation and improving self-esteem through small behavioral changes and reframing negative self-talk to reduce depressive symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they adapt techniques over time to find what fits best for the person's life and needs.
Online therapy with Erin is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy days and to revisit tools between meetings. The range of formats supports different communication styles and schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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