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Erin Forbes, LISW

  • Experience11 years
  • LocationIowa
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Family
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Erin

Erin Forbes is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) who brings 11 years of clinical experience to her practice in Iowa.

Background and approach

She centers care on evidence-based therapeutic techniques, helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship challenges while also supporting those managing ADHD and mood disorders. Erin emphasizes clients' strengths and collaborates with them to build practical skills for coping, communication, and emotional regulation.

Her work often addresses family dynamics, parenting concerns, attachment and blended family issues, and struggles with self-esteem, guilt, or shame. She also supports people facing obsessions, compulsions, post-traumatic stress, and intimacy-related or sexual concerns, tailoring interventions to each person’s goals and life context.

Erin welcomes conversations about career transitions, addictions, sleep problems, and other changes that affect daily functioning. Erin aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients’ knowledge of their own lives guides the process.

She encourages those taking the step to begin therapy and works with them to set achievable goals and build lasting strategies for healing and growth.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Flexibility



Erin works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and measurable progress. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop clearer thinking and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, address obsessions and compulsions, and improve sleep. Trauma-informed methods attend to safety, pacing, and coping skill development so individuals can process past adverse experiences while building resilience and emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Erin partners with each person to explore what methods fit their needs, preferences, and goals, adjusting techniques as therapy progresses to find the most effective path forward.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to access care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue work on skills and communication between meetings, while allowing licensed professionals to provide consistent support regardless of location within the therapist's service area.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Erin commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, ADHD, parenting and family conflicts, and addictions.
What is Erin's therapeutic style?
Erin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and emphasizes a strengths-based, collaborative approach that helps clients identify goals and practical strategies for change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with people on a variety of mental health and life concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Erin holds the credential LISW with license number IA LISW 007840 and practices in Iowa.
Does Erin offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference and availability.
How are fees and subscription handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesGuilt and shameMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPost-traumatic stressSelf-love

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Iowa

Languages

English