Erik Young

Erik Young is a licensed therapist with 30 years of experience helping people through major life changes and emotional struggles. He works with adults and young adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and career questions. Erik aims to make sessions straightforward and useful so clients can start seeing small changes quickly.

He uses a blend of approaches that match each person’s needs rather than a single fixed method. In sessions he listens first, then suggests practical steps clients can try between meetings. That might include techniques to manage anxiety, ways to improve communication, or tools to handle intense emotions after trauma.

Erik has worked with clients facing attachment and family-of-origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and neurodevelopmental differences such as autism. He also supports people coping with mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and the ups and downs of parenting and fatherhood.

Clients can expect a direct but compassionate style that balances short-term coping skills with deeper work on recurring patterns. Erik draws on approaches like attachment-based therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR for trauma, and mindfulness to tailor care. He holds LMHC and LPC licenses and practices in Florida.

Sessions focus on clear goals, practical steps, and steady progress. People who want help sorting career decisions, improving relationships, or recovering from traumatic events may find his approach constructive and down-to-earth.

How his approaches translate to online care

Erik commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based therapy to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferences, then adapt methods over time. Clients and the therapist check in regularly to see what is working and what needs changing.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are set by the practice. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session feels impractical. It also lets people continue steady work through life transitions and to follow up after in-person care when needed.