Erica Hayes, LPCC

Erica Hayes is a licensed professional counselor in Kentucky who focuses on helping people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, depression, and big life changes. She approaches each person with respect and sensitivity and adapts conversations to meet individual needs. Erica aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for someone who is nervous or uncertain.

Erica uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), motivational interviewing, and client-centered methods. She chooses tools that fit the specific problem being worked on rather than relying on a single technique. Sessions tend to be practical, with skills and strategies you can try between meetings.

With four years of professional experience, Erica draws on varied clinical methods to respond to issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She often helps people untangle patterns that contribute to relationship or mood struggles. The focus is on clear goals and steady steps toward them.

Erica works with topics such as blended family challenges, commitment or control issues, eating and food-related worries, and family of origin conflicts. She explains options plainly and tailors plans to what each person needs. Her aim is to create a collaborative space where clients can test new ways of thinking and behaving.

Erica asks for reasonable scheduling notice because she keeps a small caseload. She encourages people who are ready to begin and offers guidance through the first steps of matching and scheduling.

How Erica’s Approaches Work Online

Erica often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change behavior. CBT is commonly used for depression, relationship patterns, and managing reactions to stress.

She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult feelings arise. ACT can be useful for people who want to live by their values while coping with painful emotions.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Erica will discuss what methods seem most useful based on goals and preferences and will adjust methods as work progresses. She aims to match tools to what a person needs rather than insisting on one way of working.

Online therapy with Erica is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat or text messaging can fit into a busy day and support brief exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family routines, or travel while keeping the focus on consistent progress and usable skills.