Erika Aucoin , LPC

Erika Aucoin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the long-term impact of trauma and abuse. She focuses on women's issues among other concerns and aims to offer clear, practical support that feels manageable. Erika speaks English and practices from Arkansas.

Erika uses straightforward methods to help people build coping skills. Sessions look at thoughts, behaviors, and daily routines that get in the way. She helps people notice patterns, practice new responses, and build small skills that reduce symptoms over time.

Her background includes work with mood disorders, panic, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and attachment concerns. She also supports people facing postpartum depression, caregiver stress, and isolation or loneliness. This range helps her adapt to varied life situations.

Erika offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She designs sessions to fit a person's schedule and communication style rather than forcing a single format.

Her approach emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental atmosphere and practical skill-building. People who come to her can expect empathy, clear goals, and step-by-step tools they can practice between sessions. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Erika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and habits. One common approach focuses on identifying and shifting thought patterns that drive anxiety and low mood, helping people test beliefs and try new behaviors to feel better. Another approach centers on trauma-informed work that helps people process past hurts and reduce the ways those events affect daily life now.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Erika will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, symptoms, and comfort with different techniques. Together they set priorities and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and teaching skills, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, support between sessions, and a way to communicate without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and to keep consistent contact as changes are worked on.