Ericka BasseyLCSW, LICSW

Ericka Bassey is a licensed clinical social worker with LCSW and LICSW credentials. She brings 15 years of experience to emotional health care and takes a practical, down-to-earth approach. She speaks English and serves people from Minnesota while accepting international clients.

Ericka uses straightforward methods that fit each person's needs. She listens first and lets people name the problems they want to work on. Then she builds goals together and uses tools from several therapy styles to help manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and mood problems.

Her background includes clinic, hospital, and community mental health settings. That variety shaped a flexible way of working that blends short-term strategies and longer-term support. She often draws on client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior methods, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to guide sessions.

People commonly bring concerns about parenting, family strain, addiction, trauma, and coping with life changes. Ericka also supports those facing caregiver stress, codependency, communication struggles, and issues tied to aging or loss. She frames work around real-life tasks, such as managing overwhelming emotions, reducing panic attacks, or improving daily routines.

Her style is compassionate and practical. Sessions focus on clear steps, breathing and mindfulness skills, problem-solving, and building skills that can be used between meetings. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Ericka often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding what matters to the person, and shaping goals together. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers specific strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that help during intense moments such as panic attacks or strong grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying practical tools, checking what helps, and adjusting over time so sessions match changing needs.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people practice skills in their normal routines and brings in mindfulness, breathing exercises, and homework that fit everyday life.