Erin Schober, LICSW

Erin Schober is a Washington-licensed clinician with four years of experience helping people navigate significant life challenges and emotional distress. As a LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker), she applies clinical training and practical skills to support individuals facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Erin centers respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every interaction and adapts conversations and treatment plans to reflect each person’s situation and goals.

Her work includes supporting people with relationship and family difficulties, career concerns, self-esteem struggles, aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and end-of-life or hospice matters. She also has experience assisting veterans, first responders, and survivors of sexual assault who are coping with post-traumatic stress. Erin emphasizes collaborative goal setting and practical coping strategies designed to promote meaningful change and improved daily functioning.

Recognizing that seeking help takes courage, Erin offers steady, personalized support throughout the therapeutic process. Her aim is to help individuals increase clarity, build coping skills, and move toward a more fulfilling and balanced life through tailored care and thoughtful guidance.

Approaches That Guide Online Care and Recovery

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into more effective patterns. It is skill-focused and often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and day-to-day coping.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, person-centered approach that helps people clarify their goals and strengthen internal motivation for change. It can be especially useful for decisions about life direction, health behaviors, and navigating transitions.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing traumatic experiences and reducing their ongoing impact by teaching emotion regulation, grounding strategies, and ways to rebuild a sense of safety. This approach supports recovery from post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related difficulties.

Erin works collaboratively with each person to determine which combination of approaches best matches their needs, goals, and preferences. The therapist and client review progress and adjust the plan together, treating the choice of approach as an evolving part of care.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling around work, caregiving, or health constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistent support from licensed professionals and to continue therapy during life changes or when in-person visits are not feasible.