Erin Hamer
LCSW
California
Warm, practical support for relationship and life change
Continue with ErinAt a glance
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 69469
- NPI
- 1073790663
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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- Client-centered care
- Motivational guidance
- Practical coping skills
About Erin
Erin Hamer is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She brings nine years of clinical experience and focuses on relationship concerns, family conflict, self-esteem, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, and related issues. Erin is comfortable addressing LGBT concerns, intimacy-related problems, compassion fatigue, career and life-purpose questions, and supports people coping with life changes.
Erin works in a warm, straightforward style. She aims to meet people where they are and to build a nonjudgmental space for honest conversation. Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral methods and emotionally-focused work. Motivational Interviewing is also part of her toolkit to help people clarify goals and find their own reasons for change.
Clients can expect a mix of listening, goal-setting, and skills practice. Erin often focuses on small, doable steps that fit daily life. She also brings attention to cultural and identity factors, including multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and issues that affect women and young adults.
Erin trained at Clark Atlanta University, earning both a Bachelor and a Master of Social Work with a concentration in health and mental health. She holds the LCSW credential. She has experience helping people with adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, infidelity, and control issues.
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist's availability.
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How Erin blends therapy approaches online
Erin uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what they want and to build internal motivation for change. This approach centers on listening for a person’s own reasons to move forward and turning those reasons into manageable steps.
She also draws from Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and meeting people where they are. That helps create a space to talk honestly about relationships, identity, and stress without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most and what feels doable.
The original biography lists phone, video, and text as available ways Erin connects with clients. Prospective clients should confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into the week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so work or caregiving responsibilities are easier to manage. -
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyLGBTTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingAdditional focus areas
Adoption and foster careCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityControl issuesFamily problemsInfidelityLife purposeMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issuesTherapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyExperience
9+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Erin help with?
She supports people facing relationship and family conflicts, self-esteem struggles, anxiety and depression, trauma and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include career questions, caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and multicultural or discrimination-related stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is empathetic, direct, and nonjudgmental. She combines client-centered listening with practical strategies so sessions focus on both understanding and action.
What is her professional background?
Erin completed a Bachelor and a Master of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University with a concentration in health and mental health and has nine years of clinical experience.
What credentials and location are on file?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as CA LCSW, and practices in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography notes availability via phone, video, and text. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking to match their needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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