- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Erica
Erica Gilmore, LCPC, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and addiction. She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and struggles with self-esteem or life transitions. Erica emphasizes practical steps and steady support during difficult times.
Erica views each person as the expert on their own life. She listens first and helps clients build on their strengths. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several approaches to fit different concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more useful ones. Client-Centered Therapy creates a respectful space where the client sets the pace and goals.
Erica also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and coping tools when feelings feel overwhelming. The Gottman Method informs her work around communication and relationship patterns, especially when partners want practical ways to improve interaction. She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, LCPC, and has seven years since licensure.
Erica offers sessions in English and accepts international clients, with multiple online session formats available.
What Erica works with
Everything Erica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Erica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. Online sessions give the client space to set goals and pace the work while the therapist reflects and guides without judgment. This approach is useful for people who need a calm, steady place to talk through parenting stress, grief, or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. In online sessions this often means working on concrete skills, using worksheets, and setting small homework tasks between meetings to change unhelpful thinking and routines. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and some eating or attention concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can be practiced in short video or messaging check-ins and reinforced with exercises the client can use when feelings spike.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that fit the client's needs. Together they will try an approach and adjust it as work unfolds to find what actually helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging provide brief check-ins, skill coaching, and flexible touchpoints between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different schedules.
Questions people ask about Erica
What concerns does Erica commonly help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, parenting pressures, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem issues, and related challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps set practical goals and small steps to improve day-to-day functioning.
What kinds of approaches does she use in sessions?
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's pace, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thought patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation when needed.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of experience since receiving her license and draws on prior professional work to inform her clinical approach.
Where is she licensed and what languages are supported?
She holds an Illinois LCPC license and conducts sessions in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and can work across borders according to professional and regional guidelines.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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