Erin Haentjens , LMFT

Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California who brings a somatic focus to psychotherapy and over 8 years of experience across clinical and community settings. She integrates body-centered and movement-oriented approaches to support people in rebuilding trust in their own intuition and developing a more positive relationship with their bodies. That somatic awareness often becomes a foundation for greater self-acceptance, connection, and confidence.

Her work emphasizes a supportive, strengths-based environment where individuals and families can explore life challenges at their own pace. She helps clients recognize and build on internal resources while addressing concerns such as depression, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, eating and food-related issues, addiction, and transitions in life. Erin has provided psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults in settings that include life skills camps for incarcerated and at-risk youth, school and home-based counseling, group home and foster care support, co-facilitated women’s therapy groups, and individual therapy for adults.

Erin holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a somatic specialization and a Graduate Certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. She also draws on personal experience as a collegiate and semi-professional athlete and on professional work coaching athletes and supporting people recovering from injuries, helping them rebuild resilience from the inside out. Her credential LMFT denotes a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist qualified to provide therapy in California.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Erin commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to guide online work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in close relationships and helps people address attachment issues and feelings of abandonment by building more secure connections and healthier relational habits. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, giving the individual space to lead sessions while the therapist offers unconditional positive regard and support for self-exploration, which can be especially helpful for concerns like self-esteem and life transitions. DBT focuses on practical skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive or self-sabotaging behaviors, which can assist with mood instability, anger, and difficulties with coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Erin works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques as therapy evolves so that the approach feels useful and relevant.

Online sessions make this work more accessible through flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats allow licensed professionals to meet clients where they are, accommodate busy schedules, support continuity of care during life transitions, and offer multiple ways to engage in therapy beyond traditional in-person appointments.