About Ericka
Ericka Surowaniec is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who practices with a client-centered mindset. She focuses on stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and challenges related to addiction. Ericka aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's courage to start.
She draws on client-centered and existential approaches to help people name what matters to them. Sessions are practical and grounded. Conversations focus on current struggles, coping strategies, and next steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Ericka has six years of professional experience and currently works full time at a medication for opioid use disorder facility as a mental health and substance use therapist. That work includes individual therapy, couples work, and group sessions delivered in person and through telehealth. She brings familiarity with addiction-related issues and co-occurring mood concerns.
Beyond addictions and mood, Ericka addresses a broad range of concerns such as chronic pain and illness, codependency, dissociation, family of origin issues, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her practice also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, infidelity, and narcissistic dynamics. Sessions are offered in English and Polish.
Ericka centers the client's experience and collaborates on goals and action steps. She encourages questions about the process and what to expect in therapy.
How client-centered and existential work translates online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. The therapist creates space for people to share what matters and helps them identify practical next steps. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with addiction when people need someone who reflects and supports their choices.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values, and how life choices affect wellbeing. It helps people facing questions about purpose, emptiness, or isolation by encouraging honest reflection and action aligned with personal values.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. They check in regularly and adjust the plan as things change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions suit someone who prefers not to use video or needs a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and quick support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English, Polish
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