About Titilayo
Titilayo “Erika” Fadahunsi Lizardo offers a clear, gentle presence for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, or life transitions. She is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia with eight years of experience. Erika aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to find practical steps forward.
Erika creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly without judgment. She listens first and helps people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, concrete changes that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. Her background includes work in outpatient mental health clinics, in-patient psychiatric hospitals, in-home care, and virtual settings. That range gives her experience with many kinds of situations and ages, including adolescents and older adults.
She draws on what has helped people in past settings to shape current work. Erika uses a mix of approaches chosen to fit each person’s needs. She leans on client-centered skills, attachment-based ideas, mindfulness and practical cognitive techniques to help shift thoughts and reactions.
She also uses emotionally focused methods when relationships and connection are central concerns. Therapy with Erika emphasizes collaboration and skill-building. She supports clients in clarifying goals, learning coping skills, and practicing new ways of responding.
Her aim is to help people move toward greater balance and clearer direction in daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and behavior; online sessions use conversations to identify those patterns and build safer ways of relating. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and support, giving people space to set the pace and goals while the therapist reflects and guides the process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; online visits include practical exercises and homework to practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort. That collaborative process aims to test what helps and adjust as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when daily support between sessions helps maintain progress. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English