Hi, I’m Lee Erickson—Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, EMDR-trained therapist, and founder of Erickson Counseling Services, Inc. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents navigating grief, trauma, and the often tender process of healing. I offer individual, couples, and group therapy, and over the past 20 years, I’ve had the honor of walking alongside many people as they find their way through the deep complexities of loss.

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But long before I became a therapist, I was someone who knew grief firsthand.

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The deaths of my brothers and my father changed me in quiet, irreversible ways. They cracked something open in me. And while those losses brought pain, they also brought perspective—on life, on love, and on what it means to keep living when someone you care about is gone. It’s that lived experience that shaped the heart of my work.

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I read something once that stayed with me: “The crack in my heart is no longer to let grief out, but to let greater love in.”That’s what healing has come to mean for me—not erasing the sorrow, but expanding around it. Letting love grow in the spaces where loss once lived alone.

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I believe grief is not something we “get over,” but something we learn to carry, reshape, and sometimes even grow from. It’s complicated, deeply personal, and rarely follows a straight line. My goal is to meet people where they are—with compassion, presence, and a belief that healing, in its many forms, is always possible.

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I hold a master’s degree in counseling and psychological services from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Before starting Erickson Counseling Services, I worked at the Center for Grief, Loss & Transition, where I spent over seven years as a grief therapist, trainer, and educator.

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Earlier in my life, I worked in journalism, advertising, and marketing. I bring that storytelling background with me into this work too—because our stories matter. And sometimes, finding the right words can be the beginning of finding your way home to yourself.

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Mastering the Art of Being Broken is part of that journey for me—a space where personal meets professional, where therapy wisdom meets lived experience, and where we can be honest about how hard it is to be human sometimes.

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Important Note: The reflections, poems, and resources I share here are not therapy and should not be taken as medical or psychological advice. They are my personal thoughts and professional insights, offered for reflection and encouragement. If you are struggling or in crisis, please call 911, go to your nearest emergency room, or in the U.S. dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you are outside the U.S., please reach out to your local crisis line or emergency services. You do not have to carry this alone.

Thank you for being here.

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Kind Regards,

Lee Erickson, MA, LPCC

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