Dr. Erica Sanders

Dr. Erica Sanders is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She approaches therapy with warmth and practical guidance, meeting clients where they are and helping them find clearer steps forward.

Dr. Sanders draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work add brief, goal-oriented tools when clients want concrete change.

Her background includes a doctorate from Barry University and both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from The University of Texas at Arlington. Across 15 years she has worked in many settings and with a range of concerns, from mood and trauma to relationship and parenting stress.

She often helps people sort out family conflict, blended family issues, parenting challenges, and body image concerns. Other focus areas include abandonment, attachment wounds, commitment and communication problems, grief, and compassion fatigue.

In sessions she aims to help clients connect life events to current struggles and build on strengths. The work tends to be collaborative and practical - identifying steps that fit everyday life. Her approach is straightforward and caring, intended to help people move from merely surviving to a more fulfilling routine.

How her approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current communication and trust. Online sessions can use this approach to identify patterns and practice new ways of relating to close people. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can find their own solutions. This style helps people build insight and self-compassion in regular conversations with a therapist.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will partner with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying a few strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting as progress is made.

The profile does not specify session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. Some people find video useful for face-to-face interaction, while others prefer phone check-ins when bandwidth is limited or a quicker touchpoint is needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for use between meetings so progress continues outside sessions.