Meet Erin Armer, PhD

Bridging Personal Experience and Professional Purpose to Create Brighter Paths

You don’t have to navigate this alone.

If you’re reading this, you’ve likely been through something that has left you feeling overwhelmed, isolated, or simply not like yourself. Maybe you’re constantly on edge after a traumatic experience. Perhaps you’re exhausted from caring for a loved one with complex needs, feeling guilty every time you think about your own well-being. Or maybe you’re tired of waiting for “the next shoe to drop” and want to find joy again, even amid ongoing challenges.

Dr. Armer can imagine what you are going through—because she has been there too.

Dr. Armer is both a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California (PSY31832) and a parent of a child with unexpected complex medical needs.

Becoming the parent of a child with complex medical needs while she was completing her clinical training fundamentally changed her perspective on what it means to provide truly compassionate, effective care. Suddenly, she wasn’t just a clinician observing trauma and stress from the outside—she was living the reality of medical uncertainty, caregiver exhaustion, and the unique isolation that comes with experiences others struggle to understand.

Dr. Armer’s personal journey, combined with her professional training, has taught her that healing is possible, even when your challenges don’t disappear. Every day, she is reminded that the most difficult experiences often become the source of our greatest growth and contributions.

What makes working with Dr. Armer different:

• You won’t have to try to explain the unexplainable – even if she has not experienced your specific challenges she can imagine the reality of living with uncertainty, medical complexity, and trauma.

• No judgment, ever – This is your safe space to share the thoughts and feelings you’ve been hiding from others

• You don’t have to relive your story over and over if you’d prefer not to -Dr. Armer specializes in Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART), which can help process trauma without requiring you to share painful details

• Real tools for real life –  You and Dr. Armer will work together to develop practical strategies that fit your actual circumstances, not textbook scenarios

Dr. Armer can help you:

• Feel heard and understood, possibly for the first time

• Process trauma without having to tell your whole story

• Find balance between caring for others and caring for yourself

• Move from constant worry to realistic hope

• Discover strengths you didn’t know you had

• Experience moments of joy again, even on the difficult days

You deserve support. You deserve to thrive, not just survive.

Whether you’re dealing with birth trauma, NICU experiences, caregiver burnout, or any other life-altering challenge, Dr. Armer is here to help you find your brighter path forward. What matters most to me is helping people move from feeling stuck to seeing new possibilities, transforming survival into resilience, and proving that healing is possible even when circumstances remain challenging.