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 reconnect with their bodies and intuition so they can feel more confident and accepted. Her approach aims to bring more awareness to daily life and relationships.

Erin offers a calm, supportive space where people can move at their own pace. She focuses on strengths and internal resources while helping clients notice patterns that cause distress. This often leads to clearer choices and a greater sense of connection to self and others.

Her background includes a master’s degree in counseling psychology with a somatic focus and a graduate certificate in exercise and sport performance. Over eight years she has worked in schools, group homes, foster care, community clinics, and with adults in individual psychotherapy. She has also led life skills programs for incarcerated and at-risk youth.

Erin has experience supporting people with depression, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating and food concerns, addiction, and major life changes. She also supports parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns. Chronic pain, illness, and disability are also within her focus areas.

She has particular experience coaching athletes and people recovering from injuries. That work looks at how athletic identity, training, and trauma affect body image and self-worth. Erin aims to help clients rebuild resilience from the inside out.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and connection, helping people notice how early patterns affect current bonds and communication. It can help with relationship concerns, abandonment fears, and attachment issues. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience by following their lead and reflecting what matters most in the moment, which supports self-esteem and personal decision making. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods over time. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they match a client's needs and pace.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as keeping appointments around school, work, or medical care. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick adjustment is needed, and it avoids travel time. Confirm the specific session formats offered before booking so you know how sessions will be conducted, and discuss any practical needs you have so scheduling and session length can support everyday routines.