I'm Erin. I work with women who are tired of holding everything together.
Welcome
You're probably good at your life. You show up, you follow through, you take care of the people around you. But somewhere along the way, you started to feel like you're managing everything and actually living none of it. The anxiety is always there. The resentment is building. You can't remember the last time you did something just for you without feeling guilty about it.
That's exactly who I work with.
I specialize in therapy for women navigating anxiety, perfectionism, and chronic people-pleasing, including the relational exhaustion that comes from being the one who holds everything together for everyone else. I also have a deep commitment to supporting women through the identity shifts that come with pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood. These experiences often show up together, and I've spent over a decade learning how to help women work through all of it.
A little about my path
My route to becoming a therapist wasn't the most direct one, and I think that matters.
I started in education, earned my BA in Elementary Education from Webster University, and then followed something I couldn't quite name into counseling, completing my MA in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University. Before opening Evergreen Counseling, I spent years doing work that most therapists don't: leading federal re-entry court programs, working in K-12 school counseling, and sitting with people in some of the hardest, most complicated moments of their lives.
That foundation shows up in how I work. I don't do surface-level. I'm direct, I'm grounded, and I take the work seriously. I also don't believe therapy has to feel stiff or clinical to be effective. Most of my clients tell me that sessions feel like talking to someone who finally gets it.
I hold a Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C), one of the most specialized credentials in the field for supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition to parenthood. I'm also an adjunct faculty member at Maryville University, where I teach Multicultural Psychology and Substance Abuse courses, which keeps me close to the research and deeply committed to culturally responsive, evidence-based care.
How I work
I don't use a single approach for every client. Instead, I pull from a range of evidence-based frameworks depending on what you're actually dealing with. That includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Gottman Method principles, schema therapy, shame resilience, and self-compassion practices.
What that means in practice is that we'll spend time figuring out where your patterns come from, why they made sense at some point, and how to build something different going forward. We'll do real work, not just venting, though there's room for that too.
I see clients in-person at my office in Ballwin, Missouri, and via telehealth across the state.
A few things worth knowing
I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist and welcome clients of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
I work with adults 18 and up.
I am currently in-network with most Anthem BCBS, Cigna, Optum/UHC/UMR, & Aetna plans (including EAP), & Compsych.
Current private pay rate is $100 per session. Will assist in submitting out-of-network reimbursement paperwork for clients.
If any of this resonates, I'd love to connect. A free 15-minute consultation call is a good place to start.
