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I am a licensed clinical social worker serving clients in Maryland, Washington DC, Michigan, and California, with over 17 years of education and professional experience. Having lived and worked in several regions of the country, I bring clinical experience, cultural awareness, and a deep commitment to caring for the whole person. My counseling is clinically informed, gospel-centered, and Bible-based. Christian faith is not an add-on to my work; it is the foundation that shapes how I understand people, suffering, relationships, healing, and hope. I work with individuals navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting, pregnancy, postpartum, and women’s issues, and with couples working through conflict, communication, and trust. You do not have to have everything figured out to begin. My desire is to create a space marked by care, honesty, and careful listening as we look together at your story, your patterns, your pain, and your hopes.
Our first session is about building trust. We will talk about what brought you to counseling, what you are facing right now, and what you hope will be different. I will ask questions to understand your story and the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and we will walk through the practical pieces — confidentiality, session structure, and any questions you have. I will not rush you toward conclusions. We listen first, then begin forming a thoughtful plan for healing, growth, and practical change.
I create a safe, unhurried space — and then I help you get beneath the surface. I listen closely for the patterns, core beliefs, and relational dynamics that sit underneath anxiety, conflict, grief, trauma, or discouragement. My style is warm, honest, compassionate, and direct. I value the counseling relationship deeply, and I believe good counseling helps you move toward clarity, wisdom, responsibility, and real change. Clients often tell me I help them connect the dots in their story in ways that lead to greater clarity, maturity, and faithfulness.
I am best positioned to serve clients who want counseling that is honest, compassionate, clinically thoughtful, and grounded in biblical truth. If you are looking for a counselor who will take both your story and God’s Word seriously, we will likely work well together. You do not need perfect faith, simple answers, or a polished story. Many clients come anxious, grieving, overwhelmed, conflicted, or unsure how to make sense of what they are facing. I work with individuals navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting, pregnancy and postpartum concerns, women’s issues, spiritual struggle, and life transitions, and with couples facing conflict, trust concerns, emotional distance, and patterns that keep them stuck. The best fit is someone willing to look honestly at their story, relationships, beliefs, suffering, and choices — and to consider them in light of God’s Word, His character, and His care.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy gives our work structure: seeing the connections between thoughts, emotions, choices, and behaviors, and building practical tools to interrupt the patterns that feed anxiety, depression, and conflict. I use CBT thoughtfully — asking not only whether a thought is helpful, but whether it is true, wise, and aligned with what God says about us, others, and our circumstances — so that change reaches the heart and daily life, not just the symptoms.
Christian Counseling
Christian counseling is the foundation of my work, not a technique I add on request. I counsel from a gospel-centered, Bible-based framework that understands people as created in the image of God, affected by suffering and sin, shaped by relationships and story, and invited into redemption, wisdom, repentance, healing, and hope through Christ. Scripture informs how I understand identity, emotions, trauma, marriage, grief, anxiety, conflict, forgiveness, and change. Depending on the client and the work we are doing, sessions may include Scripture, prayer, confession, lament, discernment, and practical obedience. I also draw on clinical training and evidence-based tools, but those tools serve a biblical understanding of the person. My desire is to offer counseling that is compassionate, wise, honest, and faithful to God’s Word.
Couples Counseling
In couples counseling, both people are heard, understood, and challenged with care. We identify the patterns — communication breakdowns, withdrawal, mistrust, emotional disconnection — and the heart issues underneath them, using tools from CBT and Emotionally Focused Therapy within a biblical understanding of marriage, repentance, forgiveness, trust, and love. The goal is honesty, repair, and relational healing. In situations involving betrayal, coercion, abuse, or ongoing harm, I take safety, truth, accountability, and wise pacing seriously.
Trauma Informed Care
Painful and overwhelming experiences affect the whole person — mind, body, emotions, relationships, faith, and sense of self. My approach emphasizes creating a safe space, building trust, and pacing the work with care and respect for your story. I use evidence-informed tools such as grounding skills, nervous-system regulation strategies, and practical tools for staying grounded in the present to support stability and healing. I will not minimize your experience, rush past it, or spiritualize it away. There is room here for lament, grief, and truth-telling — and for real movement toward healing.
5 ratings with written reviews
February 9, 2026
Really thoughtful and made a good connection.
May 9, 2025
I really appreciate Erin’s point of view and approach to discussing issues. She’s fantastic and I highly recommend her to anyone that is feeling stuck or overwhelmed with life.
May 3, 2025
Thank you for helping us navigate life in a fallen world and continuously redirect us to God and His truths!