Erin Forbes

Erin Forbes is a licensed independent social worker in Iowa with 11 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She works with concerns like stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and anger. Erin values each person's strengths and choices when facing change.

She approaches sessions as a partnership. Erin listens to the story you bring and helps you spot patterns that matter. She focuses on practical steps you can try between meetings to reduce stress and improve relationships.

Erin has helped people work through grief, depression, addiction-related worries, and sleep problems. She also addresses attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, communication problems, and family of origin issues. Her experience includes support for obsessive and compulsive behaviors, post-traumatic stress, and mood concerns.

Erin believes the client is the expert in their life and builds on whatever is already working. She encourages small, manageable changes and checks in on progress along the way. The goal is to leave sessions with tools you can use day to day.

If you decide to start, the process begins by answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions. Erin uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time, and she practices in Iowa. Sessions are offered in English.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Erin draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding patterns. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and trying small experiments to shift them; this helps with anxiety, mood struggles, and anger management. Another approach centers on healing from trauma and reducing symptoms by safely processing difficult experiences and strengthening coping skills; this is often used for post-traumatic stress and complex grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Erin collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She explains options, tries approaches together, and adjusts plans based on what helps most in real life.

Confirm current session options before booking to know what formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily routines, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people use different ways of communicating that feel comfortable while working toward practical changes.