- Mind-body focus
- Support for depression
- Athlete coaching
About Erin
Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who centers therapy on the connection between mind and body. She encourages people to notice bodily experience alongside thoughts and feelings so they can build self-trust and a kinder relationship with themselves. Erin uses movement-informed and body-centered methods to help people feel more grounded and confident in daily life.
Erin works with depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction, eating concerns, and relationship struggles. She helps people navigate big life changes, cope with grief and separation, and address issues like attachment and abandonment. Her background includes counseling in schools, group homes, and community settings, which informs how she supports different life situations.
Her training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a somatic specialization and a Graduate Certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. Erin draws on eight years of clinical experience with children, adolescents, adults, and athletes. That experience includes facilitating life-skills programs for at-risk youth and running therapy groups for women.
Erin often blends attachment-based and client-centered approaches with mindfulness and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills, body awareness, and rebuilding resilience after injury or loss. She also offers coaching-style support for athletes adapting to injury or career shifts.
People who choose Erin typically want hands-on, grounded work that links body experience with emotional change. She aims to help people rebuild confidence, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with what matters most.
Erin works with depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction, eating concerns, and relationship struggles. She helps people navigate big life changes, cope with grief and separation, and address issues like attachment and abandonment. Her background includes counseling in schools, group homes, and community settings, which informs how she supports different life situations.
Her training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a somatic specialization and a Graduate Certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. Erin draws on eight years of clinical experience with children, adolescents, adults, and athletes. That experience includes facilitating life-skills programs for at-risk youth and running therapy groups for women.
Erin often blends attachment-based and client-centered approaches with mindfulness and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills, body awareness, and rebuilding resilience after injury or loss. She also offers coaching-style support for athletes adapting to injury or career shifts.
People who choose Erin typically want hands-on, grounded work that links body experience with emotional change. She aims to help people rebuild confidence, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with what matters most.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.