Erica Rosenthal , LMHC

Erica Rosenthal is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, and women’s issues. She has 15 years of experience and works with concerns like grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and intimacy-related challenges.

Erica uses practical, understandable methods in sessions. She aims for a give-and-take style where the client’s goals guide each step. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person and on small changes that add up.

Her background includes work with addiction and co-occurring problems. She also addresses family of origin issues, communication problems, codependency, and body image concerns. Erica brings experience supporting people through divorce, separation, and caregiving strain.

Sessions commonly include skills practice, values-based planning, and clear tools for coping with intense emotions and cravings. She draws from approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and dialectical behavior therapy strategies to build coping skills and stronger relationships.

Erica sees clients by appointment in Washington. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who prefer a collaborative, straightforward counselor often find her practical and focused approach a good fit.

To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to connect a person to sessions during morning and mid-afternoon hours.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Erica commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy techniques in sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to change patterns of mood and behavior. DBT emphasizes building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.

She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy ideas to help people clarify values and take action toward a meaningful life. Finding the right approach is collaborative; the therapist and client will try methods, track what helps, and adjust plans based on goals and preferences.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone visits work well when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, and skill reminders between longer appointments. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and make it easier to fit steady work on coping skills and relationships into daily life.