Erica Kesse, LPC-MHSP

Erica Kesse is a licensed professional counselor with a focus on helping people slow down and care for themselves. She invites clients into what she calls "Be Me" time - a chance to stop doing and start noticing feelings. Erica speaks plainly and offers steady encouragement while people learn new ways to value themselves.

She brings nine years of clinical experience to conversations about trauma, relationships, depression, and LGBT concerns. Erica also helps with career questions, coaching topics, and caregiver stress. Her work includes attention to sexual health, polyamory and kink, multicultural concerns, and the challenges of fertility and blended family life.

Erica uses client-centered methods as the base of her work, and blends other approaches like cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative methods, and solution-focused techniques. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps, learning new thinking habits, and building social supports. She aims to help people notice what matters and try small changes that fit their day-to-day life.

People who come for support can expect direct, compassionate conversation and an emphasis on personal strengths. She frames progress as learning and practice rather than a single fixed goal. Erica works from Tennessee and communicates in English, and she accepts international clients as part of her practice.

Her credential is LPC-MHSP, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider in Tennessee. Prospective clients are invited to follow the site process to begin a match and schedule a first session.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and offering empathic support; it helps people feel heard and begin to notice their own strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, mixes talking with specific exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and panic. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-focused way of talking that helps people find their own reasons to make change and stick with it.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then choose methods together. This collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs change.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and the ability to fit sessions into a busy life. Online work can make follow-ups and short check-ins simpler and let people join from different time zones, which supports international clients. Because session formats are not listed here, confirm the available online options before booking so you know how a session will be delivered.