Erin Mace, LPC
Compassionate Narrative-focused counseling for life changes
Details
| Name | Erin Mace |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Virginia |
| Licensed in | Virginia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Erin
Erin Mace is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 20 years of clinical experience. She uses Narrative Therapy as a central way to help people tell and reshape the stories that shape their lives. Her style is calm and practical, aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.
Erin works with people facing trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and challenges like depression or bipolar mood shifts.
Background and approach
She also helps with everyday concerns such as sleep problems, eating struggles, anger, and low self-esteem. Sessions focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings as well as conversational reflection in the room. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current bonds and emotional patterns.
She also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical skills are used when emotion regulation and tolerating distress become priorities. Erin often helps people dealing with workplace stress, compassion fatigue, and the transitions young adults face.
She pays attention to issues like body image, social anxiety, isolation, and questions about life purpose. The work blends practical coping skills with attention to personal values and meaning. Sessions are conversational and collaborative.
Erin aims to help people build self-compassion, better communication, and clearer goals. She encourages pacing changes so people feel steady progress without overwhelm.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse among the things Erin works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Erin directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Erin directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment approaches translate to online care
Erin commonly uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they carry about themselves. This approach looks at patterns in those stories and opens space to try different meanings, which can help with grief, identity questions, and feeling stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to notice how early relationship patterns show up now, helping people improve communication and emotional connection in current relationships.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Erin discusses goals and preferences at the start and adjusts methods as work progresses. She aims to match tools to each person's needs, combining narrative work, cognitive strategies, or emotion regulation skills when useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a way to fit therapy into a work break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style exchanges, and follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while tailoring the format to daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, relationship strain, and related issues like sleep, eating, and anger.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Erin blends Narrative Therapy with attachment ideas and client-centered care. Sessions are conversational, collaborative, and oriented toward practical steps people can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional, relational, and life-transition concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential as a Licensed Professional Counselor and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Erin offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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