Erin Haentjens , LMFT

Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who blends body-aware methods with talk therapy. She focuses on helping people reconnect with their bodies, trust their intuition, and build self-acceptance. Erin uses movement and awareness alongside conversation to support lasting change.

Erin draws on eight years of clinical and community experience. She has supported people dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, eating concerns, and major life changes. Her background includes work in schools, group homes, foster care settings, and community programs where she provided individual therapy and led group work.

Her training includes a master’s degree in counseling psychology with a somatic specialization and a graduate certificate in exercise and sport performance. This combination informs her interest in how physical injury, athletic identity, and life stress shape a person’s emotional life. Erin also has experience coaching athletes and supporting recovery from injury.

In sessions she centers each person’s own strengths and decision-making. She offers space to notice bodily signals and to try practical tools for emotion regulation. The approach aims to help people feel more grounded, confident, and able to handle daily stresses.

Erin works with concerns such as parenting stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, relationship strain, anger, body image, and career questions. She integrates mindfulness, attachment-focused conversation, and skills-based strategies so each plan fits the person’s needs.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they connect, respond to stress, and form trusting bonds, which can be useful for relationship strain and attachment concerns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal communication. It is helpful for anger, impulsive behaviors, and coping when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try different methods, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps match the therapy style to the person’s needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and movement-focused exercises when needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins or therapy work between sessions more convenient. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent progress.