Erica Lackey, LPC

Erica Lackey is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. She can guide parents through parenting concerns and address relationship and family challenges. Erica also supports people coping with grief, self-esteem struggles, career questions, and ADHD-related issues.

Erica spent nine years working as a school counselor before becoming an LPC and has four years of experience as a licensed counselor. That background gives her experience with everyday family stress and school-related concerns. She brings a practical focus to sessions and uses clear, easy-to-follow strategies.

In sessions she creates an open space for people to talk through thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations are tailored to each person's needs, and sessions are used to set realistic goals and small steps forward. She blends client-centered listening with goal-oriented work to meet immediate concerns.

Erica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, and solution-focused techniques to help people identify unhelpful patterns and try different ways of coping. She encourages clients to experiment with strategies between sessions and to track what helps.

Erica aims to make starting therapy straightforward. She works with each person to set a clear plan and adjust approaches as needed. Her style is practical, down-to-earth, and focused on workable steps that fit real life.

How Erica’s approaches translate to online therapy

Erica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, then test small changes to see what improves mood and functioning. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into clear, manageable steps.

She also practices client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. That approach helps people feel heard and helps shape goals that matter to them. Solution-focused techniques are used to set short-term, practical goals and identify immediate steps that can make daily life easier.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Erica collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what they want to change. Together they review progress and adjust the plan if a different angle seems better.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video can support deeper dialogue and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth and work well during busy days, and chat or messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a real-life schedule while trying approaches that suit each person's needs.