Erin Saxer , LCSW, LCPC

Erin Saxer is a licensed clinician in Montana with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She works with women and others facing pregnancy and childbirth-related stress as well as panic and mood problems. Her approach centers on listening, practical problem solving, and building on each person's strengths.

Erin believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She focuses on small, manageable steps that lead to noticeable change. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with room to process difficult feelings and plan new behaviors.

Her background includes nearly two decades in clinical work as a Montana LCSW and LCPC, which gives her familiarity with a wide range of life stressors and mood concerns. That experience helps her tailor support to what a person is facing now.

Erin often helps people talk through relationship and communication problems, cope with panic attacks or post-traumatic stress, and regain confidence after loss or trauma. She supports people through pregnancy and childbirth stresses and the transitions that follow.

In sessions she uses practical techniques and straightforward conversation rather than jargon. She aims to make therapy feel usable in everyday life and to help people build skills they can rely on outside of appointments.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life change. One common method emphasizes practical skill building to manage anxiety and panic - it teaches breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another approach centers on processing trauma and its effects by helping people make sense of painful experiences and learn safer ways to respond to triggers.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and concerns and try different techniques together until you find what helps. Decisions about methods are made with your preferences and life context in mind.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or changing schedules. Video calls let you read facial cues and have a deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, short coaching, and ongoing support between sessions. These options help make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between appointments.