Erik Young, LMHC, LPC

Erik Young is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma recovery, and relationship questions. He brings 30 years of experience to sessions and aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life.

Clients often come to him when they are facing big changes, mood challenges, or trouble at work or in personal relationships. He works directly and compassionately, helping people sort through their feelings and figure out next steps. Sessions are practical and centered on what matters most to each person.

Erik combines a few different ways of working to meet individual needs. He uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of behaving. Mindfulness practices are used to build awareness and calm when stress feels overwhelming.

He has particular experience with caregiver stress, attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and supporting people with neurodevelopmental differences. Erik also addresses grief, parenting strains, intimacy-related issues, and challenges like anger, sleep, or eating struggles.

Erik holds the credential Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC. He practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability.

How Erik’s Approaches Work Online

Erik uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current behavior and connection patterns. This approach helps when repeated relationship or trust issues keep showing up and people want to understand why they react the way they do.

He also uses client-centered methods that place the person's perspective and goals at the center of sessions. That means the therapist follows the client's lead, listens carefully, and helps people identify what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another tool he uses to help people spot unhelpful thoughts, try small behavioral experiments, and build skills for managing anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Erik will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods make the most sense. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to practical life goals.

Session options and formats are not listed here, so confirm available session types before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support ongoing progress between in-person meetings. A therapist will help arrange timing and frequency that work with daily life.