Therapist profile
Erin Haentjens, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Family and parenting
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- Attachment-based work
- Somatic approaches
- DBT skills
About Erin
Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, eating issues, anger, career strain, depression, and life changes. She also lists focus on ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coaching for resilience.
Erin uses body-centered and movement-oriented psychotherapy to help people reconnect with their bodies and instincts. She helps clients notice physical signals and build trust in their own judgment. That awareness often becomes a practical way to manage emotions and make different choices day to day.
She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered conversation and skills from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness. Sessions can include discussion, guided movement, and attention to how thoughts and sensations interact. The approach aims to strengthen internal resources rather than rely only on external fixes.
Her background includes a master’s degree in counseling psychology with a somatic specialization and a graduate certificate in exercise and sport performance. That training informs work with athletes and people recovering from injuries. Erin draws on experience from school, community, and clinical settings.
Past roles include counseling children, adolescents, and adults in schools, group homes, foster care, and camps for at-risk youth. She has co-facilitated women’s therapy groups and provided individual psychotherapy to adults. This variety shapes a practical style that focuses on what someone can do between sessions.
People who choose Erin often want help with rebuilding after loss, changing relationship patterns, or reconnecting with their bodies after trauma or injury. Her work emphasizes practical steps and building resilience over time.
How sessions work
How attachment, somatic, and skills-based approaches translate to online sessions
Erin draws on attachment-based work to look at patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current connection. That approach helps when relationship dynamics and family roles feel stuck. It is useful for concerns like abandonment, communication problems, and rebuilding trust.She also uses client-centered practices that prioritize the person’s own goals and experience. That means conversations focus on what matters most to the individual and on practical next steps. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are added when people need concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That collaboration includes checking in and adjusting methods as the work progresses.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to practice mindfulness or movement-based exercises between appointments. Licensed professionals use these ways of working to help people apply skills and strategies in everyday life.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, parenting struggles, relationship and family concerns, eating issues, anger, depression, ADHD, and life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style combines body-centered and movement-oriented psychotherapy with attachment-based and client-centered methods. She also uses DBT and mindfulness skills for emotion regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience providing services in clinical and community settings with children, adolescents, and adults.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is a CA LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she provide?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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