“Hello! With over twenty years of experience successfully helping individuals and families, I create a safe, supportive and confidential environment wherein I help individuals and families to make changes in their lives to manage or overcome the challenges they face. Whether you struggle with ADHD, depression, anxiety or trauma, are dealing with the stresses that come from being in a helping profession, ministry or farming, I see my life’s work as a privilege. I get to walk with people in their valley days and celebrate with them as they find bridges of grace from where they are now to where they want to be. Because of my experience and as a way to invest back into the profession, I also provide social work supervision for clinical practice, licensure and internship for social work students and professionals. I offer both in person and tele-health therapy sessions to help meet the needs of those I serve.”
Professional Bio
Erin M Holsted, MSSA, LISW-S started her social work training at Kentucky Christian University and earned Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and in Biblical Studies. Erin furthered her education by attending Case Western Reserve University’s top ranked Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and earned a Master’s degree in Social Service Administration (Social Work). After two years of clinical supervision and with the successful completion of an advanced state board exam, Erin was awarded an Independent Social Worker licensure by the state of Ohio. She later continued her education with an additional 21 graduate hours of school counseling coursework at Xavier University and held a school counselor license for five years (2011-2016). Additionally, Erin received her designation as an Independent Social Worker Supervisor and provides clinical, licensure and internship supervision to students and social work professionals. Erin worked as a school-based clinical social worker for over thirteen years in the Louisville, Western Brown and Manchester school districts in Ohio. Erin has provided social work instruction as an Adjunct Professor of Social Work at her undergraduate alma mater and has taught professional workshops on the topics of Stress Management and Working with Students with ADHD. In addition to her experience in developing, implementing and evaluation new school-based counseling programs, Erin has experience working in both intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment settings with adults struggling with mental health and/or addiction. Her experiences as a Christian minister’s wife and social worker, along with being part of a farming community, provide her with a unique perspective as she helps individuals and families in rural Ohio.
Erin Holsted is the founder of Bridges of Grace Counseling LLC, a private practice located within Grace House at 131 1/2 W. Walnut Street in Hillsboro, Ohio. Her office location is nearly equidistant from Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Chillicothe. To schedule an appointment or for questions, please call (937) 515-7196.