Erika Marquez
Empathy-driven, skills-based mental health care
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Erika
Erika Marquez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who centers her work on helping clients reshape unhelpful patterns and build practical coping strategies.
Background and approach
With 18 years of clinical experience, she brings an approach that blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-based and solution-focused methods to address concerns like stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, anger, and depression. Erika frames therapy as a collaborative process in which clients and clinician identify goals and experiment with new ways of thinking and behaving.
Her practice emphasizes examining long-standing beliefs and behaviors that interfere with daily functioning and wellbeing. Drawing from client-centered and psychodynamic ideas as needed, she supports people in exploring underlying emotions while also developing concrete skills to manage symptoms.
Erika’s background includes work with issues such as communication and control problems, substance use, post-traumatic stress, domestic and sexual violence, guilt and shame, midlife transitions, and challenges faced by young adults and women.
Erika offers multiple session formats to fit different needs and schedules, and she invites prospective clients to begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire to arrange an initial appointment.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care Options
Erika commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages clients to clarify values and practice acceptance of difficult feelings while taking committed action toward meaningful goals, an approach that can help with avoidance, chronic distress, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Erika collaborates with each person to determine which combination of strategies best matches their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time based on what is most helpful for the client.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats allow people to fit sessions into busy schedules, follow up between meetings, and continue care from different locations within Texas. The variety of options supports both skill practice and ongoing therapeutic conversations in ways that suit individual routines and comfort levels.
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Experience
18+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English