Erin Hamer, LCSW

Erin Hamer is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, intimacy concerns, anger, career questions, and trauma and abuse. Erin works with LGBT clients and those exploring identity, multicultural issues, and women's concerns. She practices from California and offers services in English.

Erin uses clear, practical talk in sessions and focuses on what a person needs now. She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, and emotionally-focused work to help people understand patterns and try different responses. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods guide short-term goals and next steps when that fits.

With nine years of experience and a Master of Social Work, she draws on hands-on social work practice to help people manage everyday problems. Erin aims to be nonjudgmental, relatable, and straightforward during sessions. She often helps clients set small, achievable changes and track progress over time.

Erin is comfortable addressing adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, infidelity, prejudice and discrimination, and issues around life purpose and self-love. She also works with young adults navigating transitions and adults juggling caregiving or career pressures.

Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Scheduling follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist availability. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Erin draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. CBT looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people test small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress. EFT focuses on emotions and patterns in close relationships, helping people notice interaction cycles and try new ways of relating.

She also uses client-centered listening to make space for a person's concerns and motivational interviewing when someone is weighing change. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and pace rather than applying a single method from the start.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues matter and for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging are good for brief updates, tracking progress, or when someone prefers written communication. These options help therapy fit work, caregiving, and other time constraints.