About George
George Erickson is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of professional experience in Missouri. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma and grief. He emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth way of working and encourages people who are ready to take the first step toward change.
He approaches sessions as a collaboration where the client is the expert on their life. He points out strengths and practical options rather than lecturing.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build skills that people can use between meetings and to make small, steady changes over time. George draws on methods shown to help with mood, coping, and relapse prevention. He uses straightforward tools for calming anxiety, managing cravings, and processing loss.
Conversations are focused on immediate problems and clear next steps, not abstract theory. People come to him for a wide range of issues, including relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career pressures, and identity matters related to LGBT experiences. He also supports those facing burnout, compassion fatigue, or life transitions such as divorce and aging.
Sessions can include checking how skills are working, problem-solving tricky situations, and planning for setbacks. He aims to make therapy useful and approachable for everyday life. If you want practical help and a steady partner through difficult moments, he offers experienced, empathetic care in session.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
George uses evidence-based techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One common approach helps people learn practical strategies to manage anxiety and mood swings through breathing, behavioral changes, and planning small steps forward. This method is useful for day-to-day stress, panic, and depression symptoms.Another approach centers on relapse prevention and managing addictive behaviors. It helps people identify triggers, create coping plans, and practice alternatives to old patterns. That work often pairs well with plans for grief, trauma recovery, or navigating major life transitions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about goals, history, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then suggest options and adjust as needed. Clients help decide what feels practical and acceptable for their life and schedule.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other routines while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English