Erin Ellis , LMHC

Erin Ellis is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with five years of hands-on experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, or dealing with depression and life changes. Many people find her direct and compassionate approach calming when things feel overwhelming.

Erin adapts conversations and plans to each person she meets. She draws on client-centered work to make sessions feel respectful and collaborative. She also uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that can reduce distress.

For people with strong emotions or intense reactions, Erin brings in techniques from dialectical behavior therapy. These tools help with emotional regulation, reducing panic, and building skills to manage urges or self-harm behaviors. She also supports people facing issues related to addiction, grief, intimacy, eating concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Erin has experience supporting those who identify as LGBT and focuses on women’s issues among other concerns. She works with people who struggle with codependency, panic attacks, bipolar mood challenges, and attention differences like ADHD. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to what each person needs in the moment.

Her tone is straightforward and kind. She aims to create a space where clients can talk through painful experiences, learn coping skills, and make gradual changes that fit their life.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, mirrors concerns, and works to build trust and understanding so people feel heard and respected.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress. It uses practical exercises and concrete steps to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and reducing harmful urges. It includes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for strong mood swings and self-harm urges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust plans as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions are convenient when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to stay consistent with care and to use the format that feels most practical for each person.