Tonja Erickson, LCPC
Licensed in Montana · 25 years in practice
Tonja Erickson is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 25 years of experience in Montana.
License and registration
- LCPC, Montana
- BBH-LCPC-LIC-1499 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1003128331 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Tonja
Tonja Erickson is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 25 years of experience in Montana. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Her work also covers career concerns and coping with major life changes.
She uses a compassionate, collaborative style that centers the person in front of her. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. Conversations often look at how past experiences affect current choices and feelings.
Background and approach
Tonja has long experience helping people through midlife transitions and caregiver stress. She also supports those facing divorce, separation, or the challenges of aging and geriatric issues. Work often includes focusing on communication problems, commitment worries, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Practical skills are a common part of sessions. Clients practice coping tools for anxiety and strategies to rebuild self-esteem. Career questions are handled with attention to decision-making and sense of purpose.
Therapy with Tonja emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes. She helps people sort through guilt, shame, and forgiveness work at a pace that fits them. Her approach aims to help people feel more grounded and able to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tonja lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Two evidence-based techniques often used in this practice are skills-based work and exploration of life patterns. Skills-based work teaches concrete tools to manage anxiety, stress, and caregiver demands, such as breathing, grounding, and planning strategies that can be practiced between sessions. Exploring life patterns involves looking at how past relationships and family of origin issues shape current behavior, which can help with communication problems, commitment worries, and feelings of emptiness.Another common focus is grief and transition work, which supports people through loss, divorce, midlife shifts, and changes related to aging. This approach combines practical coping steps with guided reflection to help people rebuild routines, clarify purpose, and handle complex emotions like guilt or shame.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and together you will decide which approaches to try and how to adapt them over time. This helps make sure the work matches practical life constraints and personal style.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or to fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care despite work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, aging issues, communication problems, and midlife transitions.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her approach is compassionate and collaborative. Sessions are practical, conversational, and focused on developing coping skills and clearer decision-making.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of professional experience working with people on a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential and location are on file?
She holds an LCPC credential and practices in Montana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.
How are fees and subscription handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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