Erin Gish-Stiles

Many of my clients have come to therapy due to life-transitions, experiences in aging, changes in family and relationship systems and dynamics, work and academic stress, and low self-esteem and self-worth due to differences in their family cultures and their brain’s unique chemical and structural makeup. My clients tell me that I have a calming presence, and that I'm great at offering another perspective in order to challenge their negative self-beliefs in a supportive and compassionate way.

I'm passionate about working with Gender, Sexuality, and Relationship Diverse (GSRD) and neurodivergent clients to create a safe-space together and honor my my client's experiences and life stories. I include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), inner child work, Narrative Therapy and additional therapies that are tailored to each person in each unique therapy journey.

I help clients improve their self-esteem and "enough-ness" through validating and supporting my clients as experts of themselves and deepening their compassionate relationships with themselves through boundaries, modifying core beliefs, and engaging in self-care that is loving and prioritizes acceptance and rest. I help clients engage in self-compassion and develop healthy boundaries during the experiences of processing and grieving their loss of Self due to external and internal expectations.