Higher Hopes
Online
Mental Health as Heaven Intended
Dr. Erin Kincaid
PhD, BCBC, QMHP
Founder & Owner of
Higher Hopes Counseling
Email Erin Kincaid at care@higherhopesonline.com
Erin holds a PhD in Christian Clinical Counseling from CBIS, Masters in Theological & Cultural Anthropology from Eastern University, Masters Certification in Biblical Counseling - Southwestern Seminary & Biblical Counseling Institute & The Riley Center for Biblical Counseling, and is a graduate of Liberty University with her undergraduate focus in Psychology & Christian Counseling.
She is a Board Certified Biblical Counselor. Erin and her family served on the foreign mission field of former East Germany/Germany for over seven years.
She is certified in the following programs:
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Caring for People God's Way - AACC
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Master Certified & Facilitator Certified in:
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Active Relationships
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Married & Loving It
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
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Heroes In The Home for Military, First Responders
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Expect Respect Teen Dating Violence Prevention
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Divorce Recovery
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Scream Free Parenting
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Children in the Middle
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Crisis & Trauma Care- AACC
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Love & Respect
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Vicarious Trauma Training
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"Twogether in Texas" Master Certified Pre-marital Educator
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Erin counsels:
-Youth & Teens 12 and Adults
-Specializes in: Missionaries & Pastoral Staff Care, Family Violence, Victims of Narcissist Abuse, Coercive Control
-In-Person Appointments & Telehealth
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Teen Issues
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Anger/Emotion Management
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Life with a Narcissist
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Women's mental health
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Stress, burnout
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Family issues
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Grief & loss
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Co-parenting, Divorce Care
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Pre-marital
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Spiritual issues. loss of faith
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Abuse - spousal and childhood
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The aging mind, senior care
A message from Erin...
Welcome. If you are here, I want you to know that I already care deeply about you and your story.
I believe with my whole heart that healing is not something we rush, force, or perform — it is something we gently uncover together. Your pain matters. Your history matters. Your questions, struggles, faith, doubts, and longings matter. You are not “too much,” and you are not beyond hope.
I believe integrated care is the most faithful and effective path to restoration — honoring the wisdom of Scripture while also respecting how God designed the mind, body, and nervous system to heal. When we bring Biblical truth and sound clinical understanding together, we create space for real, lasting transformation with God, within yourself, and in your relationships.
This work is sacred to me. I do not take lightly the privilege of being invited into the most tender chapters of someone’s life. I care deeply about the people I serve. I pray over this work, I hold it with reverence, and I walk into each session with humility and respect for what God is doing in you.
You do not have to be perfect to begin.
You do not have to have the right words.
You only have to be willing to show up,
and we will take the rest one step at a time, together.
A little about Erin...
Erin and her family served on the foreign mission field of former East Germany/Germany for over seven years, and they still serve there as often as God allows with their missions and retreat home - Reformations Ministry at El Roi Haus. She is the retired Senior Director of Education & Prevention at Brighter Tomorrows Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Agency and Hope's Door-New Beginning Center in Plano/Garland. She's served the violence prevention community in Texas for two decades and presently leads Batterer Intervention (BIPP), emotional regulation, and Anger Management programs in Hunt, Rockwall, and Kaufman County.
Erin is the author of Rock Me Right Children's Book, Musical Chairs Pre-marital Education Program, We Expect Respect Family Violence Program, Life Lessons syndicated column, and present and past columnist in Blue Ribbon News, Lifestyle Magazine, Suburban Style, D Magazine/D Weddings, Living Magazine and host of the "Life Lessons" and coh-ost of the "He Said It First" Podcasts