Erika Lindgren , LPC

Erika Lindgren is a Michigan-based licensed therapist who brings nine years of clinical experience to her work with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and mood disorders. She creates a compassionate, affirming space where individuals can explore difficult emotions and navigate life transitions while developing practical coping strategies and resilience. Erika emphasizes empowering clients to strengthen communication, process past and present challenges, and build meaningful supports for recovery and growth.

Her practice includes extensive experience with LGBTQ+ communities, addiction recovery, and women’s mental health concerns, including postpartum depression and seasonal mood changes. Erika also supports those affected by adoption and foster care dynamics, caregiving stress, and relationship difficulties, offering sensitive, trauma-informed care for survivors of abuse and those contending with grief or loss.

Erika draws from evidence-based methods to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. As an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor - she integrates client-centered listening with practical interventions to help clients identify strengths and pursue achievable goals. Her approach balances empathy and structure so clients can cultivate lasting skills for managing stress, improving self-esteem, and navigating life’s challenges.

Approaches for Online Growth and Support

Erika uses client-centered therapy to provide a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients lead the pace and focus of their healing while the therapist offers empathy and understanding; this approach helps with self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship concerns. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - which identifies unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and address panic or depressive cycles. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help clients clarify their goals and find internal motivation for change, particularly useful in addiction recovery and when making challenging life adjustments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Erika collaborates with each person to determine what fits best given their goals, strengths, and preferences. She tailors methods over time and checks in regularly to ensure treatment remains helpful and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules, access support from home, and maintain continuity during life changes. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver meaningful, skill-focused work across a range of issues.