Areas of Expertise

Counseling and Psychotherapy

Modern life holds many challenges that can take us out of balance with ourselves and those that we care about. Sometimes life’s challenges and transitions become difficult to overcome on our own. Erica offers support and a comfortable environment to help you navigate your way to a place that feels better. In practice for over 30 years, she helps adults and adolescents with a variety of challenges including, mood and anxiety disorders, trauma , eating and body image issues, relationship challenges and addiction problems. Together, we can find the way forward toward more of what you want in your life.

Yoga and Somatic (Mind Body) Therapy

Somatic therapy involves the body in talk therapy. If it is helpful movement, breathwork, and mindfulness practices can be integrated with talk therapy to support your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Whether you are managing stress, recovering from trauma or addiction, or seeking balance in life, a mind body approach can help with your unique needs.

Addiction Counseling

We offer addiction counseling services to assist individuals in overcoming substance abuse and other addictive or compulsive behaviors. Our approach emphasizes a combination of evidence-based therapies and personalized support to address the underlying causes of addiction and facilitate long-term recovery.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)

Erica has been providing EMDR since 1999. EMDR can be used to enhance our ability to change habitual patterns that lead to distress such as anxiety, depression or compulsive behaviors. EMDR helps us bring a more focused attention to our experiences which can engage more areas of our brain in healing and change. Erica uses EMDR to address the enhancement of new coping skills as well as reprocessing trauma and related challenges.

Teletherapy - Online sessions

We offer all services online or in person. Many of Erica's clients prefer a hybrid, or mix of both online and in person sessions. Some clients meet primarily online. Somatic or mind body oriented counseling can be just as effective online as in person, including EMDR and other types of processing. Having this choice can be helpful and most clients find it is a matter of personal preference whether they meet remotely or in person. All teletherapy sessions are conducted using a Zoom feed that is encrypted for healthcare level (HIPAA) privacy.

Acudetox - Ear Acupuncture

Erica offers an ear acupuncture treatment called "acudetox" within the scope of her practice as a clinical social worker and addictions counselor. This treatment is offered in the office only, and can be helpful in calming the the nervous system and relieving every day stress, stress from trauma and addiction recovery.

Trauma Sensitive Mindful Awareness Instruction

Mindfulness practices can be helpful for relieving every day stress as well as healing from a variety of mental health challenges. Erica offers instruction on mindful awareness practices as integrated with other services or as an adjunct to other therapies you may already be involved with. Mindfulness awareness practice such as meditation or yoga is available to everyone. Sometimes a trauma sensitive approach can make it feel even more available to you. Erica has been instructing clients, yoga teachers, meditation instructors and other therapists in providing mindful awareness practice guidance in a trauma sensitive manner for over 20 years.

About

Erica began her career as a clinical nutritionist and soon after, sought psychotherapy training as a clinical social worker. She has been an educator in medicine and other health professions as well as the public. Her practice has always integrated approaches to include the body in healing and recovery. For over 35 years she has helped individuals and groups strengthen their inner resources to find more peace and confidence in navigating their life choices.

Erica is trained in the following disciplines:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker – LCSW
Registered Dietician Nutritionist – RDN
Certified Acudetox Specialist- Providing Ear Acupuncture
Registered and Experienced Yoga Teacher- E-RYT 500
Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT
Senior Addictions Counselor – CACIII
Past certification as a Fitness Instructor, American College of Sports Medicine

Approaches:

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR- trained since 1999)

Mindfulness Based CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)

Acudetox (Ear acupuncture protocol addressing stress, trauma, and addiction related challenges)

Mind Body Self Regulation Yoga (Creator and Provider) A trauma sensitive yoga and mindfulness intervention

Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Mindful Awareness Practice

Erica is trained as a provider and trainer of other professionals in:

Motivational Interviewing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Tools for Teachers- Yoga Ed- Yoga and Mindfulness Based Life Skills for the Classroom
Thinking for a Change: Integrated Cognitive Change Curriculum
Multisystemic Family Therapy (MST consultant for over 20 years)

My Approach