Eric Howell, LMFT

Eric Howell is a California-licensed LMFT with 15 years of clinical experience. He helps people facing depression, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life changes, and he lists work with LGBT concerns, addiction, bipolar mood issues, and trauma among his focuses. He speaks English and practices in California.

He uses straightforward, practical techniques in sessions. He helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and then tries different ways of responding. He often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-focused work and client-centered conversation to address mood, relationship, and self-esteem concerns.

Before becoming a therapist he benefited from therapy himself, so he emphasizes skills, clearer communication, and coping strategies he found effective. He has worked in nonprofit, government, and private-practice settings, which informs how he approaches common life stressors and career difficulties.

His experience includes supporting people dealing with family stress, complex family histories, and having relatives with chronic mental illness. He can talk through how those situations affect daily life and relationships, and how to manage impulses, guilt, or shame that often accompany them.

Sessions tend to be direct and practical. He draws on a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, existential and Jungian ideas when they fit the work. He encourages learning coping skills, improving communication, and making concrete changes that fit the client’s goals.

How his approaches translate to online work