Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who blends body-aware approaches with talk therapy. She focuses on helping people notice how their bodies hold stress and emotion so they can rebuild confidence and self-acceptance. Erin centers clients' own strengths and intuition as tools for change.
Her work aims to connect mind, body, and spirit so people can feel more grounded. She supports people through anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, eating concerns, and major life changes. Parents and people dealing with relationship and family strain can find help sorting practical steps forward.
Erin has eight years of clinical and community experience. She has worked in schools, group homes, foster care, and camps that teach life skills to at-risk youth. She has also provided individual psychotherapy to adults and co-facilitated a women’s therapy group.
Her background includes a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a somatic focus and a Graduate Certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. That training informs her work with athletes and people recovering from injury. Erin combines movement-aware methods with mindfulness and client-centered conversations to rebuild self-trust.
Sessions emphasize building internal resources and practical skills. She helps people recognize patterns like avoidance, codependency, or control issues, and then practices new ways of responding. The goal is more self-acceptance, clearer communication, and better coping in daily life.
Approaches that connect body awareness and practical skills
Erin integrates Attachment-Based Therapy by helping people understand how early bonds shape current relationships and self-worth. That work is useful when commitment issues, abandonment, or attachment concerns make trusting others and oneself difficult.
She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, focusing on listening, reflection, and supporting the person's own choices. This approach helps people build self-trust and work through low self-esteem or emptiness at their own pace.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Erin works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Discussing goals and preferred ways of meeting helps ensure sessions match daily life and therapeutic aims.
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and body image issues, parenting and relationship concerns, self esteem, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe Erin's therapy style?
Her style blends body-centered awareness with client-centered talk therapy, plus mindfulness and practical DBT skills when helpful to manage emotions and behavior.
What is her clinical experience?
She has eight years of experience in clinical and community settings, including school and foster care counseling, life skills camps, women’s groups, and individual psychotherapy.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California and holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with somatic specialization.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Erin?
Use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.