Titilayo “Erika” Fadahunsi Lizardo , LCSW, CSW

Titilayo "Erika" Fadahunsi Lizardo is a licensed social worker in Georgia with eight years of clinical experience supporting clients across the lifespan. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials - LCSW indicating Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW denoting an additional social work credential - and brings a broad practice history that includes outpatient mental health clinics, in-patient psychiatric hospitals, in-home care, and virtual settings.

Erika has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, addressing concerns such as postpartum depression, stress and anxiety, family conflict, depression, caregiver and career burnout, low self-esteem, and challenges with confidence. Her practice also attends to relationships, parenting, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and an array of family and caregiving issues. She uses an eclectic approach, selecting techniques from evidence-informed models to meet each person where they are.

Her work is grounded in client-centered, strength-based principles and includes psychoeducation to help people build skills and insight. Erika emphasizes collaboration, encouraging active participation so clients can identify goals, deepen self-awareness, and develop healthier coping strategies. She acknowledges the particular struggles of mothers and caregivers and seeks to provide respectful, nonjudgmental support that honors each person’s resilience and capacity for growth.

Erika aims to empower and motivate clients through supportive listening and practical strategies, helping them move toward greater clarity, well-being, and the life changes they wish to achieve.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Erika integrates Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotion - this approach helps people address relationship struggles, attachment issues, and patterns that affect trust and intimacy. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic space where the client’s goals and priorities guide the work and personal growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another key approach she employs to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and other challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. Erika works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and she adapts methods over time so the treatment fits the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy methods such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and clients in different locations within Georgia. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and access licensed professionals from familiar environments, supporting consistent progress toward meaningful change.