Licensed clinical social worker recordCalifornia
Erica Christopher, LCSW
California
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with EricaCredentials check
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in California
- LCSW, licence 102707
- NPI
- 1992474852
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
These details come from information Erica supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Person-centered approach
- Strength-based focus
- Practical coping skills
About Erica
Erica Christopher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California with seven years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, depression and bipolar mood concerns, and challenges around self-esteem and career. She also addresses life changes and practical problems like money, workplace issues, and questions about life purpose.
Erica uses a person-centered stance. That means sessions focus on the client's real-life priorities and values. She also uses a strength-based perspective to help people notice what already works for them and build from there.
In session she helps clients align thoughts, feelings, and actions to create changes that last. Conversations are geared toward concrete goals and day-to-day coping strategies. She works with issues that show up in relationships, work, school, and parenting.
Erica draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma, addiction, mood, and anxiety. She pays attention to attachment and patterns like codependency, avoidant or dependent traits, impulsivity, and communication problems. Her work includes support for social anxiety, jealousy, and young adult transitions.
Clients can expect practical problem-solving and clear goal setting. Her approach emphasizes skills people can use between sessions. Sessions are conducted in English and reflect seven years of practice in California as an LCSW.
BHow sessions work
How Erica applies evidence-based approaches in online care
Erica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, actionable work. One commonly used approach is person-centered work, which focuses on the client's priorities and values and helps shape goals that matter in daily life. This approach helps with anxiety, low mood, and problems that come from feeling misunderstood.She also uses strength-based methods to identify existing skills and build on them. That method helps people notice coping strategies that already help and expand those into routines for managing stress, cravings, and relationship challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on symptoms, goals, and preferences. That collaboration includes reviewing what has helped before and trying practical techniques in session to see what feels useful.
Please confirm current session options before booking, because the biography does not specify formats. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example it can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in between commitments, or avoid the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques used in person to remote conversations to focus on skills, planning, and emotional work.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, depression and bipolar mood concerns, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centered style and a strength-based perspective, focusing on practical goals and daily coping strategies that fit the client's life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working as a clinician with adults on mood, anxiety, addiction, and relationship concerns.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers