Erik Young

Erik Young is a licensed therapist practicing in Florida with three decades of clinical experience. He focuses on helping clients navigate stress, anxiety, family dynamics, trauma recovery, and major life changes. His work also addresses a broad range of specific concerns including attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care challenges, caregiver stress, and neurodevelopmental differences such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

He works with adults and young adults using a direct but empathetic manner, attending to both immediate coping needs and longer term patterns that affect relationships and well-being. His practice includes attention to mood disorders, grief, parenting and fatherhood issues, intimacy and relationship concerns, and career or midlife transitions.

Therapeutic approaches in his practice draw from Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered principles, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing. Erik aims to create a collaborative space where individual strengths are recognized and practical skills are cultivated to support personal growth and daily functioning.