Erin Haentjens, LMFT

Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who blends body-centered work with talk therapy. She helps people rebuild trust in their instincts and in their bodies after stress, trauma, or major life changes. Her sessions emphasize practical skills and self-awareness to help people feel more connected and confident.

Erin encourages a steady, paced approach. She gives space for people to notice their bodily responses while talking through difficult experiences. That mix of movement-oriented work and conversation aims to move stuck emotions and create calmer responses in daily life.

Her background includes a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a somatic specialization and a graduate certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. Over eight years she has worked in schools, group homes, foster care, and community programs. That experience includes life skills camps for incarcerated and at-risk youth and counseling in a range of settings.

Erin has supported people with depression, anxiety, addiction, eating issues, relationship and family concerns, and coping with illness or injury. She also brings experience coaching athletes and working with people rebuilding after physical injury. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered care, dialectical behavior therapy, existential thinking, and mindfulness practices.

Her style is practical and grounded. Sessions focus on noticing strengths, developing new routines, and trying out small changes. People who prefer an integrated, body-aware approach to emotional and behavioral challenges often find this style helpful.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Erin uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches alongside dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills in her work. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of relating and helps people notice how past relationships shape current responses. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and building on a person’s own goals and strengths. DBT offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erin will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That plan can change over time as goals evolve and new challenges appear.

The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter regular check-ins when needed. Online work can also let a therapist guide mindfulness or body-awareness practices within a home routine and support skill practice between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and DBT skills to work well in remote appointments, and Erin will help tailor the process to practical everyday life needs.