Erika Haines

Erika Haines is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of relationship and family concerns. Erika also supports people facing grief, intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting strains, ADHD, and life transitions.

She works in a warm, down-to-earth way. Sessions are compassionate and straightforward. Erika uses gentle humor when it fits and aims to make it easier to talk about hard things.

Erika draws on several practical approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience. Solution-Focused Therapy helps identify small changes that make a real difference quickly.

Her practice approach is collaborative. She listens first, then helps set simple goals and steps that match what a person wants to change. Conversations are paced to the client’s needs so progress can feel steady and realistic.

Erika has worked in the field for 13 years and holds the California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential. She offers services in English and Spanish and provides care only to people who live in California. To begin, clients follow the site’s intake steps to match with her and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and how online work can fit

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely and reflects understanding so clients feel heard and clearer about their next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact and uses practical steps to shift patterns that cause distress. Both approaches can help with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and stress-related struggles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That conversation guides whether to focus more on thought-behavior patterns, present-focused solutions, or deeper psychodynamic or Jungian themes when helpful.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people join from different parts of California without changing therapists, making it simpler to maintain continuity while managing work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.