Erica Lackey , LPC

Erica Lackey is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on women's issues alongside a wide range of personal challenges. She offers a calm, straightforward approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting demands, relationship strain, grief, or career uncertainty. Erica speaks English and draws on years of school counseling and outpatient experience to help clients find practical next steps.

She spent nine years working as a school counselor before becoming an LPC and has four years as a licensed counselor. That background shaped her way of working - simple, direct, and tuned to everyday pressures. Sessions tend to focus on what is happening now and what small changes can help you feel steadier.

Erica uses client-centered methods to make sessions feel respectful and tailored to each person. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thinking patterns that increase anxiety or sadness. Solution-focused strategies are used to set short-term goals and track progress between sessions.

Her practice supports people coping with trauma and abuse, ADHD, attachment concerns, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and life transitions. She also helps with self-esteem, communication problems, guilt and shame, and finding meaning or purpose after big changes.

Erica aims to create an open space where people can talk through difficult feelings and try practical tools. She encourages small, achievable steps and will work with each person to build a plan that fits their life and goals.

How Erica's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Erica uses client-centered work to create a respectful online space where the person's concerns guide each session; this approach focuses on listening, empathy, and tailoring conversation to what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical behavior changes, which adapts well to online work through worksheets, thought records, and between-session practice. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, achievable goals and uses focused questions to track progress over a few sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erica will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted as you learn what helps most, and she will check in regularly to make sure the work fits your life and priorities.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports short check-ins, and messaging lets people send notes and updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep practicing tools consistently.