About Erin
Erin Damato greets people who are tired, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut with ten years of experience. She aims to make first steps feel manageable and straightforward for anyone reaching out for help.
Erin helps with stress and anxiety, substance-related struggles, low self-esteem, motivation problems, and depression. She also supports people facing grief, trauma, relationship concerns, intimacy questions, parenting strain, and challenges tied to ADHD and bipolar mood shifts.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and focused on small, usable changes rather than jargon. In sessions she begins by listening to what matters most to each person. She believes clients are the experts on their lives and builds plans from their strengths and goals.
Conversations focus on real situations, useful skills, and steps clients can try between meetings. Erin has worked in clinical settings across Connecticut for a decade. That background gives her experience with many kinds of life stressors, from caregiver strain and chronic illness to career changes and addiction-related issues.
She brings steady support and clear options when choices feel overwhelming. For people taking their first step, Erin aims to make the start simple. She will work alongside clients to set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust plans when life shifts.
Her tone is direct but warm, and she tries to leave sessions with concrete next steps.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Erin uses evidence-based techniques that focus on real-life changes and coping skills. One common approach teaches skills for managing anxiety and panic - it breaks problems into small steps, helps people notice unhelpful patterns, and practices calmer responses in everyday moments. This can help with panic attacks, worry, and avoidance behaviors.Another approach targets mood and motivation by building routines and tracking small wins. It helps people notice what lifts or lowers mood, set achievable goals, and rebuild activity that supports energy and confidence. This is useful for depression, bipolar mood shifts, and low motivation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what helps and change the plan when something isn’t working.
Online formats make regular work easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from different places, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins between longer sessions, and steady support without long commutes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English