Erin Haentjens, LMFT

Erin Haentjens is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who focuses on helping people reconnect with their bodies and inner sense of knowing. She blends talk therapy with body-centered and movement-oriented methods to help clients build trust in their intuition and feel more at home in themselves. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Erin supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and eating concerns. She also helps with parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, career strain, and coping with life changes including separation and loss. Midlife crisis is one of the areas listed among her focus areas, and she helps people who are rethinking identity, purpose, or roles during times of transition.

Her background includes a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a somatic emphasis and a graduate certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance. She has eight years of experience across clinical and community settings, working with children, adolescents, and adults in schools, group homes, and individual therapy. That experience includes life skills camps for at-risk youth and co-facilitating women’s therapy groups.

Erin draws on her experience as a collegiate and semi-professional athlete when supporting clients recovering from injury or coping with athletic identity changes. She offers coaching-style support for rebuilding resilience and reconnecting mind and body after physical setbacks.

Clients can expect direct, compassionate work that names strengths and builds practical skills. The emphasis is on helping people recognize internal resources and take small steps toward clearer decisions and steadier day-to-day functioning.

How her approaches translate to online work

Erin uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and choices. This approach can help with relationship strain, communication problems, and attachment-related worries. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping people find their own answers through reflective conversation.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is another tool she draws on for teaching concrete skills. DBT-style work is useful for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building more effective coping habits. These approaches aim to blend awareness of the body with skills and compassionate listening.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help figure out which methods match a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust that plan as therapy unfolds. This is a collaborative process where the client’s feedback guides the direction of sessions.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people continue work during relocations or when juggling school, work, and caregiving responsibilities.