Erica Gilmore, LCPC
Licensed in Illinois · 7 years in practice
Erica Gilmore is a licensed counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.011868 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1568914877 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
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About Erica
Erica Gilmore is a licensed counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. She works with concerns like grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and struggles with self-esteem. Erica speaks English and provides services to people in Illinois and international clients.
Erica blends a practical, person-focused style with proven therapeutic tools. She starts by listening to each person’s story and identifying strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be collaborative and direct, with clear goals and check-ins so progress is easy to see. Her approach draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy among other methods. That means she helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior, learn skills to manage strong emotions, and use personal values to guide decisions.
Erica also integrates ideas from existential and Jungian perspectives when those fit a client's concerns. Erica has worked in counseling for seven years since earning her Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential. She emphasizes practical steps you can use between sessions, such as skill practice and simple experiments to test new habits.
Many clients find this mix of empathy and structure helpful when facing complex problems. Starting therapy with Erica involves a short matching process and scheduling sessions that fit your life. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make ongoing care easier for busy people.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Erica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erica names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Erica’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s strengths and experience, with the therapist listening and reflecting so clients can find their own solutions. This approach helps people who need a supportive space to sort through feelings and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions interact. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships when emotions feel overwhelming.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Erica will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what felt helpful in the past, then use that conversation to shape the plan. She adapts methods over time so the work fits the person’s needs.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for full sessions and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or brief coaching between longer visits. These options make it easier to keep steady progress while juggling life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Erica address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then works with clients to set clear goals and practice skills between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has seven years of professional counseling experience and draws on several clinical approaches to tailor care to each person.
What credentials and location information apply?
Erica holds an Illinois LCPC license and provides services in Illinois while also accepting international clients.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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