Therapist profile
Erica Gilmore, LCPC
Illinois LCPC - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with EricaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- CBT and DBT methods
About Erica
Erica Gilmore is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with seven years holding that license and 15 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, process trauma and abuse, and address depression. She also supports concerns around parenting, relationships, grief, intimacy, sleep and eating, and career strain.
Erica works from the idea that clients know their story best. She listens for strengths and practical resources in a person's life. Sessions focus on small, doable changes rather than long lists of tasks. Conversations are straightforward and centered on what is happening at home and what feels overwhelming now.
Her approach draws on client-centered methods and evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She uses those tools to help with patterns of thinking, emotion regulation, and coping skills. She also brings in existential perspectives when people are wrestling with meaning, and the Gottman Method when relationship communication is a main concern.
Erica has experience with a wide range of issues that often overlap, including ADHD, compassion fatigue, abandonment and attachment concerns, blended family issues, and chronic illness. She pays attention to how different parts of life affect each other, like work stress and parenting demands.
For someone who prefers direct, practical support, her sessions aim to clarify priorities, try concrete strategies, and check progress. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options.
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Approaches used in online sessions
Erica often draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people identify their own solutions. This approach is useful when you want a space to sort out what matters and to build on personal strengths.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a practical method that looks at thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns by breaking problems into manageable steps and testing new habits. Dialectical behavior therapy is another tool she uses for emotion regulation and improving coping skills when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust as those goals change. That collaborative process helps focus sessions on concrete goals and skills.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by avoiding travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or reducing the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use these practical options to help therapy fit around parenting and other household demands rather than replace what matters about in-person contact.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting strain, relationship issues, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and work-related stress.
What is her general style in sessions?
She uses a direct, practical style that highlights a person's existing strengths and focuses on small, manageable changes.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of professional experience and has held an LCPC license for seven years.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an Illinois LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and practices from Illinois.
Does she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options, since specific formats are not listed here.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.