Therapist profile
Eric Billig, LMFT
California
LMFT in California - addiction and trauma support
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- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 112750
- NPI
- 1023357977
- Experience
- 22 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Neuro-cognitive model
- Mindfulness techniques
- Narrative and motivational work
About Eric
Eric Billig is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 22 years of experience. He helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and other concerns listed in his profile.
Eric describes his work as connecting mental interventions to body-based systems using what he calls a neuro-cognitive model. He explains how habits of thought and daily behaviors shape unconscious drives and how those drives influence choices. In sessions he offers clear explanations about how the psyche works and practical tools aimed at changing unhelpful patterns.
Clients can expect conversations that link thoughts, behaviors, and physical responses. Eric uses approaches such as client-centered work to focus on the person, existential ideas to look at meaning and choice, mindfulness techniques to notice moment-to-moment experience, motivational interviewing to build readiness for change, and narrative methods to reconsider personal stories.
He frames addiction, trauma, anxiety, and depression as areas where this combined perspective can clarify what maintains problems and what can be shifted. He also lists many related concerns he addresses, including codependency, attachment and communication problems, grief, and caregiving challenges.
Eric emphasizes giving foundational information and concrete tools rather than abstract theory. He invites people who want to understand how their patterns formed and to try different strategies for changing them to start by completing the site matching process and scheduling an initial session.
How sessions work
How Eric brings different approaches into online work
Eric uses client-centered methods to focus on each person's experience, helping people describe what matters and what they want to change. This approach supports straightforward problem-solving and moments of reflection that fit well into conversation-based sessions.He also draws on mindfulness therapy, which trains noticing thoughts and bodily states in the moment. Mindfulness techniques can help with anxiety, cravings, and emotional reactivity by creating space to choose a response rather than act on impulse.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to see which methods - for example motivational interviewing to build momentum or narrative work to rewrite a story - feel most useful for the client's goals and day-to-day life.
Confirm the specific session formats offered before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a weekly routine, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or let someone choose a session rhythm that matches work and caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt the methods described here to an online setting so clients can practice tools and apply them between meetings.
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Areas of expertise
Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
22+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he address?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, and many related concerns listed in his profile.
What is his therapy style like?
His style links mental work to bodily systems using a neuro-cognitive model and draws on client-centered, existential, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 22 years of experience working in mental health and addiction-focused areas as noted in his biography.
What are his credentials and where does he practice?
He is an LMFT licensed in California and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.