Therapist profile

Erika Judkins, LPC

Texas

Licensed Professional Counselor - Codependency and Anxiety

Where Erika stands

Credentials: LPC
License: LPC, Texas / 64007
NPI: 1346578788
Experience: 16 years
Languages: English
Location: Texas

About Erika

Erika Judkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, codependency, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, and related issues. Erika focuses on helping people manage daily struggles and regain practical control over their lives.

Erika relies heavily on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Mindfulness and dialectical behavior strategies are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Sessions are collaborative and skills-oriented. Erika helps people learn tools for setting boundaries, managing cravings, calming anxiety, and handling grief. She tends to break problems into small, doable steps and practices skills in-session so clients can try them between meetings.

Her work emphasizes building on existing strengths instead of starting from scratch. Erika explains techniques in simple language and offers practical exercises to use in everyday life. This approach is aimed at people who keep putting others first, struggle to say no, or feel overwhelmed by someone else’s moods or crises.

Erika offers services in English from Texas. Prospective clients are asked to confirm current session options before booking and to follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Erika uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that keep them stuck. CBT work often involves short exercises, homework, and practical tools to manage anxiety, cravings, or unhelpful reactions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence present behavior and can help with setting boundaries and improving emotional distance from others.

Choosing the right approach happens together. Erika discusses goals and tries techniques to see what fits. She adjusts the mix of CBT, attachment-based ideas, and mindfulness or DBT skills based on what helps the person make steady progress.

Confirm the available online session formats before booking since they are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can save travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or let someone use video or audio only depending on what works best. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skills practice for remote sessions so people can apply tools in their everyday routines.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Trauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes Compassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issues Communication problems Control issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separation Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issues Workplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address related to putting others first?

She works with people facing codependency patterns, people-pleasing, boundary struggles, and the fallout from living around someone else’s drinking or mood swings.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and skills-focused, using practical exercises and clear steps to change thoughts and behaviors.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 16 years of experience as a counselor working with anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and related concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.

Does she work in other languages or with international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.

How are fees handled?

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

How do I begin working with her?

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

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