Erin Forbes, LISW

Erin Forbes is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) practicing in Iowa. She brings 11 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She emphasizes that clients know their own stories and that therapy builds on existing strengths.

Erin focuses on everyday thinking patterns and habits that shape mood and behavior. She helps people untangle family conflict, parenting challenges, and attachment concerns. She also works with those coping with trauma, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related issues.

Sessions center on practical steps and clearer thinking. Erin listens, asks straightforward questions, and helps people spot unhelpful habits. Together they try new approaches that can be used between meetings to reduce distress and improve daily routines.

Her background includes work with mood disorders, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and post-traumatic stress. She draws on a variety of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems such as sleep disruption, anger, and low self-worth.

Erin supports people navigating career stress, relationship troubles, and challenges related to sexual orientation. She encourages small, achievable goals and regular check-ins to track progress. To begin, readers are invited to choose the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.

How specific approaches guide online work

Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on thoughts and daily habits. One common approach addresses thinking patterns by helping people notice unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try alternative ways of thinking. This method can be useful for anxiety, depression, and worry-driven behaviors.

Another approach targets everyday routines and habits. It breaks larger problems into small, practical changes - like sleep routines, brief behavioral experiments, or short skills practice - that are repeated between sessions to build momentum. This style often helps with sleep issues, anger, and coping with life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Erin works with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try methods in session and adapt them based on what feels useful and manageable.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use tools and homework between meetings to reinforce changes in day-to-day habits.