Meet Erica Cain 

Erica Cain is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in both Texas and Arkansas, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Board Certified Christian Counselor (BCCC). She specializes in individual and couples therapy. She maintains a private practice (part-time) in Texarkana, Texas. As a professional counselor, her philosophy begins with a humanistic belief that people are innately good. She maintains (full-time) employment with the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, in Psychology, as a Drug Treatment Specialist.  

She is currently serving as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Erica specializes in issues related to depression, anxiety, life changes, divorce, domestic violence, and the criminal justice system. Her expertise includes the treatment of offenders, support for crime victims, and assistance to personnel within the criminal justice system, encompassing law enforcement, legal professionals, and law students. She has extensive experience in working with adults who have endured severe trauma and is particularly interested in working with this population. She enjoys working with people, even when their lives are very troubled and complicated.

Erica draws from various therapeutic perspectives including narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, person-centered therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR).  Her work is informed by attachment theory (how our early attachment experiences shape our current relationships) and humanistic psychology.

Erica is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. She has an empathetic, warm, intuitive, and non- judgmental style and demeanor. Her humor and candor create a supportive space to process emotions, experiences, cognitions, and patterns. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to increase their awareness of maladaptive practices and infuse or replace these with more functional skills, improve interpersonal relations and increase their quality of life.

Erica believes that at times we all need others to walk with us on our journey through life. She feels therapy is most effective when a strong and trusting relationship exists between the therapist and client. She has been able to forge deep and meaningful therapeutic connections with people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. Erica wants to help you embrace practices that elevate resilience and nurture self-compassion. Within a therapeutic environment of safety, acceptance and compassion, Erica works with clients to reach their goals for healing, change, and personal growth.

Other things you may want to know about Erica:
Erica enjoyed working in Psychology in a federal, high security, male penitentiary in Louisiana for several years. She felt working with inmates with a significant history of violence, substance abuse, and mental health issues was one of the most rewarding experiences in her life. These interactions developed skills, understanding and perspective that continue to impact her approach and work with people.

Having worked extensively in residential treatment settings both federal and state, Erica developed a special interest in working with criminal offenders, helping victims of crime, and assisting criminal justice system personnel – all parties of law enforcement, legal professionals, and law students. 

Her greatest passion in life has always been engaging in meaningful interpersonal relationships, listening to people's stories, loving people, and striving for growth personally and professionally. In her personal life, Erica has a diverse array of personal interests that include listening to music and singing, reading, writing, studying the Bible, painting, thrifting, poetry, photography, running, makeup artistry, and all things psychology.  She enjoys being present with good company and appreciates hearing their stories of personal growth, challenges, self-reflection, and personal testimonies of faith.  Together with her husband, they enjoy hosting gatherings at their home. They take pleasure in savoring delicious meals together and spending time with friends and family. Eric and Erica share a passion for watching movies and TV series.  They have a fondness for the beach, a love for Europe, and cherish spending their summers with friends at the lake. Erica is a volunteer and field advocate for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).  She is a seminary student and an ambassador of Jesus Christ.  
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Erica’s current clinical work includes providing individual, couple, and group therapy and providing presentations and workshops regarding mental health and wellness for an array of audiences throughout the community. Her experience has included consulting in schools on mental health and suicide prevention/(AFSP), helping college students in transition, and providing grief groups for suicide survivors. She has also provided consultations for graduate students and mental health practitioners.
Other clinical experience includes:

• Mental Health Private Practice
• Long-Term Residential Drug Treatment and Mental Health
• Nonresidential Drug Abuse Programs 
• Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry 
• Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program Facilitator
• Facilitator of a Weekly Community Art Group at First Methodist Church in Downtown Texarkana, TX - Promoting Wellness Through Jesus While Combining Art & Creativity for Healing and Self-Care

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"You can talk with a high degree of privacy and not be concerned about appearing foolish, about very personal matters. I will not impose you with advice or opinions but rather help you solve your own problems in a way that works for you. I rarely give advice; however, I may occasionally give advice when asked but not always."
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