Erica Gilmore , LCPC

Erica Gilmore is an Illinois-licensed counselor holding the LCPC credential, which signifies Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor status and authorization to provide professional therapy in Illinois. She brings seven years of focused clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and depression. Erica centers her work on each person's strengths and lived knowledge, approaching clients as the experts of their own stories while offering guidance, skills, and support to move through difficult moments.

Erica encourages those taking the first step toward therapy, acknowledging the courage it takes to begin. Her practice emphasizes practical coping strategies, emotional processing, and collaborative goal-setting to address relationship and family concerns, identity and intimacy issues, parenting and career challenges, attention-related concerns, and mood conditions. She also works with grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, and stress related to caregiving and chronic health issues. Erica aims to create a respectful, empathetic space where clients and therapist work together to identify priorities and build sustainable change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Erica integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) into her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, empathetic relationship that honors each person’s perspective and strengths, helping people gain clarity and self-directed growth. CBT is a skills-based approach that looks at the links between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors - it is often used to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and problematic coping patterns by teaching practical tools. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for managing intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and impulsive behaviors.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Erica collaborates with clients to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences and will tailor techniques from these approaches to create a plan that fits each person’s situation.

Online therapy with Erica is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and receive consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location.