Guiding you on an embodied return to your Self
Hello,I’m Erika
As a PhD candidate in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, I’m researching the bind of fear and desire in disorganized attachment and how this bondage suspends a daughter from becoming woman. My working hypothesis is that the daughter frozen by this relational imprint, is bound to a negative animus, lives within the confines of a sadomasochistic split in her psyche and eroticizes her father complex. To cross the threshold into womanhood the inner authority structure must yield to the feminine, control must be surrendered for potency, and she must reclaim her beauty. Beauty animates relational love and frees it from the bind of terror.
As a somatic IFS and Jungian depth psychotherapist, I focus on the treatment of shock, attachment and developmental trauma, CPTSD, and anxiety, with particular attention to sexual and narcissistic abuse, betrayal and abandonment wounding. I support women and couples to feel safe in connection and move from relational trauma towards relational intimacy.
Rooted in the modalities of Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and Jungian Depth Psychology, my work fosters the recovery of the Core Self and earned attachment security.
You can find my current research and musings on IG @iamerikastraub
Clients initially come to my work because anxiety is a constant companion, they feel behind in life, or they’re suffering in love…
The truth is, most of my clients have experienced:
Shock, attachment, and developmental trauma
Narcissistic objectification and sexual abuse
Emotional abandonment and neglect
Panic attacks and (functional) freeze responses
Dangerous parents
Betrayal wounding
These particular experiences severed connection with their core Self, triggering (c)PTSD and disorganized attachment, as well as procuring defensive scaffolding around their bodysoul and heart. A woman trapped in these compensations will mistake danger for eros, prioritize masculine logos, and project her father complex in her romantic relationships.
Whether you’re navigating the impact from childhood trauma, abuse or neglect, or in the throws of relational power dynamics and repetitive cycles preventing regeneration of life and love, this space is for you.
I want to support you in reconnecting with your body and rediscovering your worth by healing your nervous system and painful relationship patterns. Through the subtle cues of your body and the gentle integration of past trauma, we will restore your capacity for safety, embodiment, and intimacy.
Let me be your guide on your return.
My Offerings
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One to One
When you’re stuck in chronic stress, the emotional whiplash of anxiety panic and (functional) freeze, and repeating painful relational patterns.
Our work together will help you learn to soften into your center, trust sensation in your body, and expand your nervous system capacity to be fully seen, profoundly open, and deeply felt so you can earn secure attachment.
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One to Two
When relational conflict, vulnerability, and healthy dependence trigger subconscious relational wounding.
Together we will bridge the emotional and physical distance created by attachment injuries, learn the art of truth telling through nonviolent communication, and create rupture and repair cycles that are regenerative, giving way to deeper intimacy.
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SELF Sourced
When you crave deep connection, but don’t feel safe enough in your body to receive it.
Join an intimate group journey for women resolving disorganized attachment, unbinding terror & desire, and reimagining safe love. Weekly zoom calls will offer psycho-education, somatic experiencing, and process sessions in a group trauma-informed space.
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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
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I hold a therapeutic container in all of my work. If you reside within California, I can support you as an Associate MFT or in Colorado as a MFT Candidate. Otherwise, I facilitate my work as a coach.
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I offer discounted containers for BIPOC and sliding scale spaces depend on availability.
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No refunds are offered. This is a full commitment. I offer payment plans to accommodate long term containers.
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The majority of my coaching work is virtual. In person intensives are available, and if you would like to work with me under associate and candidacy licensure, you must be located in Los Angeles or Colorado.
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Somatic Experiencing, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, Depth and Archetypal Psychology, IFS, Dream interpretations, Yogic intimacy, Tantra, HD, Gene Keys, and microdosing protocols
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Leaders, athletes, artists, healers, therapists, entrepreneurs, oldest daughters, mid lifers, singles and couples