Erica Burns

Erica Burns is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW-C) in Maryland with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Erica also addresses issues related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment, and family of origin concerns.

Erica helps people untangle patterns that keep recurring in their relationships and daily life. Sessions often include practical tools for managing stress and stronger ways to communicate. She works with clients who are dealing with guilt, shame, or the aftermath of sexual assault and abuse. Life purpose and women’s issues are also named areas she supports.

Her approach centers on collaborative problem solving and skill building. Expect straightforward conversations about what is getting in the way and small steps to try between meetings. She focuses on building self-worth and clearer boundaries so clients can test different ways of relating without being overwhelmed.

Erica draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address somatization and emotional symptoms that have physical effects. She also helps people process prejudice and discrimination-related stress and the complex feelings that come from adoption and foster-care histories. Her work is goal-oriented and practical, with attention to emotional healing.

Clients in Maryland can work with her in English. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online work

Erica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide online sessions. One common approach she uses focuses on skill building for stress and anxiety management, teaching concrete breathing, grounding, and problem-solving steps that can be practiced between sessions. Another area of focus is interpersonal work to improve communication and boundary setting, which involves role practice and feedback to try in everyday interactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options with clients and decide together what feels most useful based on goals and how symptoms show up. That means adjusting methods over time and trying short experiments to see what helps most.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit meetings into a busy week, avoid travel time, or pick a quieter moment for a shorter check-in. Others prefer conversation-based sessions where the focus is on learning new communication skills and checking progress on practical steps between meetings.