- Emotion-focused work
- Attachment concerns
- Parenting support
About Erica
Erica Smith Jimenez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, parenting concerns, grief, mood disorders, and trauma and abuse. Erica also supports clients dealing with issues like ADHD, anger, career questions, and struggles with self-esteem.
She helps parents and teens navigate common parenting stresses and blended family challenges. Erica talks through communication problems, commitment worries, abandonment and attachment concerns, and the strain that caregiver roles can bring. She also addresses relationship conflict, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues.
Erica uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered methods to guide sessions. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when useful. In practice she focuses on naming emotions, learning coping strategies, and working on patterns that keep people stuck.
Her style is direct and down-to-earth, with an engaged, authentic approach in session. Erica offers practical tools for managing emotions and improving communication. She works with clients to set clear goals and to practice new ways of relating between sessions.
People choose Erica when they want hands-on help reducing reactivity, improving connection, or building routines that support mood and daily functioning. To begin, clients follow the site's matching steps and schedule a first session.
How her approaches work for online therapy
Erica uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name their emotions, and to change interaction patterns that keep relationships stuck. EFT can be helpful for couples or individuals who want clearer emotional connection and less reactive conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current behavior and feelings; it helps people understand why they react the way they do in close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's experience in the moment, with the therapist following the client's lead and reflecting what they bring up.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Erica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their concerns, goals, and preferences. That plan can change as the client learns and grows, and decisions about techniques are made together during sessions.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and keep check-ins brief when needed. It can also make it simpler to include partners or family members in a session when appropriate. Licensed professionals, including Erica, use these formats to help clients practice new ways of relating and to support progress between appointments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
23+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, mood disorders, and related problems like codependency or communication difficulties.
What therapeutic approach does she use?
Erica uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches, and may incorporate CBT or Motivational Interviewing when it fits the client's goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of clinical experience working with individuals, parents, teens, couples, and families on emotional and relationship challenges.
Is she credentialed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and offers services to clients based in that state.
Does she provide sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.