Eric Levine, LMHC

Eric Levine acknowledges the courage it takes to seek help and approaches each conversation with careful support. He aims to understand a situation from the client's perspective, asking thoughtful questions that clarify how the client sees their world and offering steady encouragement regardless of the choices the client makes.

His work emphasizes attentive listening, genuine empathy, and regular validation of strengths. Eric uses collaborative problem solving and, when appropriate, a bit of lightness to ease tension and help creative solutions emerge. He adapts to each client's preferred pace, whether the goal is extended reflection or quicker decision making and action planning.

Session lengths are flexible - while 30 to 45 minutes is typical, he can schedule 55 to 60 minute conversations when needed. After a long career in education and counseling programs, Eric values the deep connections that develop through open, honest dialogue and chooses to focus his practice in ways that allow meaningful one-on-one work.

Eric earned a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at UCLA and has worked in the counseling field for 14 years. Based in Washington, he prefers in-person meetings but finds phone sessions to be a strong alternative because they preserve vocal nuance, presence, and the ability to quickly clarify misunderstandings. He brings a calm and pleasant speaking style to sessions - a quality he traces to his father, who was a newscaster.

Eric identifies as a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) - a credential that denotes professional training and state licensure to provide counseling services - and he has experience working with students, staff, administrators, and adults across a range of life stages. His practice aims to help people address workplace and career concerns, relationship challenges, and other issues that benefit from thoughtful, collaborative support.