Erika Hayes , LPCC

Erika Hayes is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio. As an LPCC she is authorized to provide clinical counseling and focuses on helping people navigate complex life transitions, with particular attention to young adults and those facing significant emotional challenges. Her work centers on boundaries, communication dynamics, and end-of-life counseling, and she brings focused experience supporting individuals through grief and loss.

Erika uses a compassionate, understanding approach that honors each person’s unique path. She cultivates a supportive space where individuals can examine difficult emotions, address intergenerational patterns, and build healthier communication habits within families and relationships. Whether helping someone process bereavement, improve family interactions, or move through major life changes, she offers steady professional insight alongside empathy.

Her practice is collaborative and tailored to each client’s needs, drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that respect personal strengths and experiences. Erika aims to empower clients to access their resilience and make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Erika often focuses on grief-centered counseling that helps people process loss through guided exploration of emotions, meaning-making, and coping strategies tailored to each stage of bereavement. This work supports those facing end-of-life matters and the aftermath of loss.

She also uses family-systems informed work to examine how family of origin issues and intergenerational patterns shape relationships and behavior. That approach helps families and individuals identify recurring dynamics and develop healthier ways of relating. Additionally, Erika emphasizes communication skills training to improve boundaries, clarity, and conflict resolution in relationships.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Erika collaborates with each client to determine what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She guides that decision-making and adjusts care as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it possible to access a licensed professional from different locations and on varied schedules. These formats offer practical flexibility, easier scheduling, and ongoing support that can be adapted to a client’s day-to-day life.