Eric Goodwin (He/They)

Anxiety can feel like your system is constantly on alert, working overtime to prevent something from going wrong. Rather than trying to get rid off anxiety, we work to understand what it’s responding to and how to help your system feel safer. As that understanding grows, anxiety often becomes less intense and easier to navigate.

Identity-based stress and internalized shame can shape how you relate to yourself. As a Queer therapist, I understand how protective patterns often develop in response to rejection, invisibility, or harm. Therapy together offers an opportunity to gently untangle those layers, reduce shame, and build deeper self-trust.

In my practice, I integrate self-compassion and mindfulness to support your personal growth. Through self-compassion, you’ll learn to replace self-criticism with kindness, recognizing your worth even in moments of struggle. Mindfulness helps you stay present, observing your thoughts and feelings without judgment. Together, these approaches create space for healing and growth, empowering you to navigate challenges with greater resilience, clarity, and self-acceptance.

This approach focuses on creating a warm, non-judgmental therapeutic relationship where clients feel truly seen and heard. We center the process around your needs and strengths, supporting exploration and growth in a way that is empowering. This approach fosters self-discovery, healing, and lasting stability without the pressure to perform or fit a clinical script. Person-Centered approaches help lessen inner conflict and reduce self-criticism.

This approach helps you explore and heal the different parts of yourself that may feel anxious, critical, or overwhelmed. I’ve had advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), I am not yet Level 1 certified so I focus on parts work with clients. By understanding and caring for these parts, you can experience healing from anxiety, self-criticism, and trauma. My work is rooted in creating a safe space for this inner exploration, allowing you to feel more whole and at peace.

While “self-esteem” is the closest category available, my work goes deeper than boosting confidence. Together, we explore the experiences and beliefs that shaped how you see yourself, especially shame and harsh self-criticism. The goal isn’t surface-level confidence, it’s a steadier, more compassionate relationship with yourself.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate, structured approach that helps you understand the different parts of yourself that may feel anxious, critical, or overwhelmed. Rather than fighting these reactions, we'll work directly with them. I’ve completed Level 1 training with the IFS Institute, allowing me to guide this process safely and intentionally. Clients often experience greater clarity, relief from shame, and a steadier sense of self.

Contemplative therapy focuses on slowing down and paying attention to your present-moment experience. Instead of getting pulled into anxious thoughts or self-criticism, we work on noticing what’s happening inside with more clarity and less reactivity. Over time, this helps you feel less overwhelmed, respond more intentionally, and develop a more self-trusting relationship with your thoughts, emotions, and internal patterns.

Contemplative Therapy brings mindfulness, compassion, and present-moment awareness into the therapy process. My approach is informed by advanced certificate training in mindfulness and psychotherapy through the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, drawing from Buddhist-inspired psychology and a range of clinical approaches. Together, we can slow down and notice what is happening with greater clarity, and relate to difficult thoughts and emotions with less judgment and more care.