About Erin
Erin Byrnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. She focuses on building a calm, welcoming space where clients can speak honestly about difficult feelings. Erin aims to help people take small, practical steps toward better daily functioning and more satisfying relationships.
Erin uses several therapy approaches to match what each person needs. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Attachment-based work and emotionally-focused methods guide conversations about how past relationships affect current bonds and reactions. Mindfulness practices are mixed into sessions to help people notice and slow down anxious or impulsive moments. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is available when trauma memories are part of the picture and a client and clinician agree it may help.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort. Erin’s style is practical and compassionate. She encourages homework that feels doable, like short behavioral experiments or brief mindfulness exercises.
Progress is tracked in small steps so change feels achievable rather than overwhelming. She is based in Washington and offers therapy in English. Erin also works with international clients and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make counseling fit into busy lives.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns in connection and trust; online sessions use conversation and reflective exercises to notice those patterns and try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down thoughts and actions into clear steps so clients can test small behavior changes and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and move through intense emotions to improve closeness and communication in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Erin will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels comfortable, and then try methods that fit. That means adapting techniques to the online format and adjusting pace based on feedback, so therapy is collaborative and responsive.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and EMDR-informed work. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions or for people who prefer writing. These options help maintain continuity when schedules or locations change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Oregon, Texas, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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