Guiding you on an embodied return to your undivided Self

Hello,I’m Erika

As a PhD candidate in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, I’m researching the bind of existential terror and Eros in the divided and disorganized psyche.

I specialize in the treatment of shock, attachment and developmental trauma, dissociative disorders, anxiety, and OCD and work both as a coach internationally and as an associate therapist in California (AMFT155971) under the supervision of Sarah Segal(LCSW 86501).

Regardless of the symptomology and suffering that brought you to my work, I will support you in recovering your Core Self and earned attachment security so you can stop having a split experience in life and love.

Through the modalities of Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Jungian Analysis, Attachment-focused therapy, vagus nerve regulation, and I-CBT, we will restore your primal trust.

You can find my current research and musings on IG @iamerikastraub

Clients initially come to my work because anxiety and self doubt are constant companions, they feel like they’re living a double life, or they’re suffering in love…

The truth is, most of my clients have experienced:

Shock, attachment, and childhood developmental trauma

Narcissistic objectification and sexual abuse

Emotional abandonment and neglect

Panic attacks & anxiety sensitivity

Depersonalization & Derealization

Obsessional Reasoning

Betrayal wounding

Chronic Health conditions

These particular experiences procured the experience of a divided self; one part perfectionistic and high functioning, and another that’s wounded, chronically stressed, traumatized, and sometimes obsessive compulsive.

I want to support you in reconnecting with your primal trust.

Through gentle integration, intelligent sequencing, and a fusion of modalities, we will restore your capacity for safety, embodiment, and intimacy.

Let me be your guide on your return to wholeness.

My Offerings

  • Individual

    For those stuck in a chronic stress response, emotional whiplash of anxiety and shutdown, and repetition of painful relationship patterns.

  • Couples

    For the couple locked in power dynamics, incomplete rupture and repair cycles, and shadow projections creating emotional and physical distance.

  • OCD

    For those trapped in obsessive compulsive loops that reinforce self doubt, confusion, and the search for hidden danger.

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Return to You

Rooted in Psychology and Spirituality, Return to You Podcast will be the portal to liberating Self energy. 

I drop in with thought leaders and soulful healers for expansive conversations on resolving the barrier trauma created between you living and loving directly and intimately. 

My guests and I will illuminate the path of individuation and what it takes to dismantle conditioned programming and be SEEN and FELT in your True Self. 


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FAQ’S

  • I hold a therapeutic container in all of my work. If you reside within California, I can support you as an Associate MFT. Otherwise, I facilitate my work as a coach.

  • I offer discounted containers for BIPOC and lower rates available for AMFT clients in California.

  • No refunds are offered. This is a full commitment. I offer payment plans to accommodate long term containers.

  • The majority of my coaching work is virtual. In person intensives are available, and if you would like to work with me under associate licensure, you must be located in Los Angeles.

  • Somatic Experiencing, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, Jungian Depth Analysis, IFS, Dream interpretations, Yogic intimacy, Tantra, HD, Gene Keys, microdosing, and I-CBT

  • Leaders, athletes, artists, healers, therapists, entrepreneurs, oldest daughters, mid lifers, singles and couples, pre-teen and teenage girls