- Family concerns
- Trauma recovery
- Life purpose
About Erin
Erin Alig-Dimalanta is a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 12 years of clinical experience. She helps adults who feel stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health. Common concerns include family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and low self-esteem. Erin also lists life purpose among her areas of focus.
In session she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside attention to each person’s beliefs and values. Conversations are direct and practical, aimed at identifying patterns that keep someone stuck and testing new ways of responding. Erin pays attention to attachment, control and abandonment themes when they show up in a person’s life.
She often works with those coping with divorce or separation, parenting transitions, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and the stress of workplace problems. Trauma-related concerns such as post-traumatic stress and issues connected to veteran and armed forces experiences are also noted in her practice focus. Erin addresses guilt, shame, isolation and issues around narcissistic relationships as part of broader healing work.
Erin brings a steady presence and respects each person’s pace. Practical steps and reflective conversation are balanced to help people test changes between sessions. She frames progress as incremental and tied to everyday choices rather than sudden breakthroughs.
Sessions are conducted in English and take place in California. People who want to begin are asked to use the site’s matching process to schedule an initial appointment. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How Erin translates evidence-based techniques to online care
Erin works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on patterns, relationships, and emotional processing. One common approach she uses emphasizes identifying and changing habitual thoughts and behaviors that keep someone feeling stuck; this helps when work, relationships, or mood shifts leave a person directionless. Another approach addresses attachment and relational patterns by examining how early relationships shape current reactions and ways of relating, which can be useful for people facing separation, abandonment concerns, or difficulty trusting others.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review goals, personal history, and what feels practical in day-to-day life, then adjust methods over time. This shared planning helps match techniques to what the person actually wants to change and how they prefer to work.
Confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as the biography does not specify formats here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around work and family responsibilities, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists can adapt sessions to quieter times of day, work breaks, or shorter meetings for focused problem-solving, which helps therapy fit into an ordinary schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Life purpose and related issues are also listed among her focus areas.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques paired with reflective conversation to identify unhelpful patterns. The aim is to test small changes and develop workable steps between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience as a practicing clinician. That background includes work with trauma, grief, and relationship transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California LMFT - licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and practices in California.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies by location. Exact pricing is provided during the matching and scheduling process.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.