- Trauma-informed approach
- Practical coping tools
- Focus on relationships
About Erik
Erik Young is a licensed clinician who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and major life changes. He has 30 years of experience and brings a calm, direct manner to sessions. People contact him for help with trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and parenting strain.
His work centers on hearing each person’s story and finding practical steps forward. He uses plain language and steady guidance to help clients notice patterns, try new behaviors, and track small improvements. Sessions are collaborative rather than prescriptive, with time spent on concrete tools as well as on understanding roots of recurring struggles.
Erik draws on approaches like attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness to address emotional regulation and relationship patterns. He also integrates techniques for processing difficult memories and trauma. These methods are chosen to match a person’s needs rather than applied the same way for everyone.
His background includes long-term clinical practice working with adults and young adults on issues such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, and caregiver stress. He also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care histories, attachment questions, and co-occurring conditions.
Sessions are offered in English from his Florida practice. Erik holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor. To begin, people use the site’s Start Therapy flow to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on relationship patterns and how early connections shape current reactions. Online sessions can use conversation and exercises to identify those patterns and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety or mood problems and teaches step-by-step skills to change them. CBT is useful for sleep problems, anxiety, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and life demands, then try methods that fit. That process is collaborative and can shift as progress and needs change.
Check which session formats are offered before booking so you know how appointments are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a workday, reduce travel time, and allow follow-up notes or short check-ins when helpful. It also lets people use exercises and worksheets between meetings to practice new habits and support better sleep and daily routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Florida, Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping and eating concerns, and caregiver stress.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a compassionate but direct approach with collaborative goal-setting and practical tools. Sessions blend problem solving with understanding personal history and relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 30 years of clinical experience working with adults and young adults on mood disorders, ADHD, trauma recovery, and related concerns.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
He carries the LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Florida.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for scheduling and session delivery.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.