Erin Koeske

MSW, LISW-CP, LCSW, RDT

erinkoeske@liveoakcounselingcenter.org

Erin believes each client is the expert of their own life and sees her therapeutic role as a guide to help clients identify their strengths and make desired changes. She’s been honored to witness the resiliency and growth that comes from collaboration with those she serves.

Erin works with children, teens, and adults, and her areas of specialization include grief and loss, substance use, trauma, depression, anxiety, and creative arts therapies. She has an eclectic approach and uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, creative arts therapies, and humanistic therapy. Erin practices both talk therapy as well as more embodied/creative work based upon a client’s wants and interests. She uses her arts background to better understand clients and develop interventions that are unique to a client’s strengths and goals.

Erin holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago and is licensed in South Carolina and Illinois. She has worked as a therapist in a variety of clinical settings: the VA, a substance use intensive outpatient program, and as a bereavement counselor for hospice. Erin was also director of a children and family bereavement program for families who experienced illness-related, sudden, or traumatic loss.

Erin grew up in Texas. In her spare time, she enjoys playing pretend with her family, being outdoors, baking, and reading.