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Erin Tyler-Gentry

Erin Tyler-Gentry, LCSW

Texas

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Life purpose and anxiety

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Life purpose questions
  • CBT and EFT methods

About Erin

Erin Tyler-Gentry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. Erin also supports those facing life purpose questions and difficulties with isolation, panic, or post-traumatic stress.

Her work focuses on clear, practical conversation. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and helps them try new ways of responding. Sessions often look at communication problems, control issues, and how attachment or caregiver stress affects daily life.

Erin uses a mix of methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused work. That blend means she will use practical skills, attention to emotional patterns, and brief goal-focused steps depending on what a person needs. She explains things plainly and checks in about what is helpful.

Clients can expect direct discussion about triggers, relationships, and decisions they face after big life changes. Erin pays attention to body image, guilt or shame, and problems that come up around separation or divorce. She also works with people handling caregiver strain and compassion fatigue.

Beyond skills practice, sessions examine long-standing patterns that show up in relationships and self-talk. Erin helps people consider next steps about work, meaning, or personal priorities, while offering concrete strategies for anxiety and panic symptoms. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Erin integrates approaches for online work

Erin commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused therapy in her sessions. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. Emotionally-focused work concentrates on how feelings show up in relationships and communication, which can help with attachment issues and improving connection.

She also uses mindfulness skills to help people notice stress and panic symptoms without getting swept up by them. That can include short breathing exercises, grounding prompts, and simple attention practices to reduce reactivity between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Erin will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what methods feel most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills practice, emotional processing, or brief solution-focused steps for immediate problems.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In practical terms, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work or caregiving, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel. Erin aims to use online time to teach concrete skills, address relationship patterns, and set manageable goals for the weeks ahead.

Areas of expertise

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. Other focuses include life purpose, panic, trauma, body image, and isolation.

How does she approach feeling stuck?

Her style combines practical skills and discussion of emotional patterns. She uses tools from CBT, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, psychodynamic thinking, and solution-focused techniques.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of experience working as a clinician. That time has included helping people through life transitions and anxiety-related concerns.

Is she credentialed in Texas?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as TX LCSW, practicing in Texas.

What languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are needed to get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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