Erin Beskid

Erin Beskid is a licensed clinical professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She focuses on practical skills and steady support so clients can build calm and confidence. Erin emphasizes strengths and teaches tools people can use day to day.

Erin has been practicing for 15 years and holds LCPC licensure in Maryland and Montana. Her path into mental health began with sports and performance work, which shaped a hands-on approach to coping and resilience. She has coached athletes, worked with people recovering from injury, supported LGBTQ+ people, and taught at multiple academic levels.

Her sessions blend skills-based work with mindfulness exercises and cognitive tools. She uses strategies from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral methods, and dialectical behavior techniques as they fit each person's needs. Motivational interviewing also informs her coaching style when people want help making changes.

Erin aims to be open, nonjudgmental, and patient while staying practical and direct when needed. She often includes breathing and attention practices alongside behavior-focused skills. Clients can expect a collaborative, strength-focused process that adapts over time.

Erin encourages people who are ready to try skills and practice new ways of coping. She invites potential clients to consider whether her straightforward, mindfulness-informed style might match what they need now.

How mindfulness and skills work in online therapy

Erin draws on mindfulness therapy to help people learn simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and build calm. These practices are short and can be practiced in daily life to manage stress and emotional spikes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people clarify values and take small steps toward meaningful goals while accepting difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides concrete tools to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try alternative behaviors that often improve mood and function.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Erin works with each person to decide which combination of mindfulness, ACT, CBT, or DBT-informed skills fits their goals. She adapts techniques over time so the plan stays useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which online or in-person options are currently offered before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving, and it lets people practice skills in their usual routines. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or sessions when that better matches a client's schedule.