About Erika
Erika Sosa is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on stress and anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationship struggles. She offers bilingual care in English and Spanish and provides LGBTQ+ affirming support. Erika aims to make therapy understandable and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes or emotional pain.
Erika uses straightforward conversations to identify what feels stuck. She helps people notice patterns in how they attach to others and how those patterns affect current relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through immediate problems and learning skills to manage strong emotions and social anxiety. Her background includes nine years of clinical experience working with trauma, addiction, and grief. That experience shapes a compassionate style that pays attention to culture, identity, and life context.
Erika draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide change without jargon or complex language. Clients who work with her can expect a focus on practical steps and personal meaning. She supports exploration of family of origin issues, communication problems, gender dysphoria, and challenges related to HIV/AIDS and immigration.
Therapy also addresses guilt, shame, and rebuilding self-love after loss or difficult events. Erika adapts sessions to each person’s needs and pace. She aims to help people build resilience, improve interpersonal skills, and find clearer ways to cope with anxiety and stress.
Appointments are offered via multiple online formats to fit different schedules.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Erika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding patterns and building coping skills. One common approach she draws on helps people recognize and change unhelpful attachment and relationship patterns by mapping how past relationships shape present reactions. This can help with relationship conflict, communication problems, and attachment wounds.She also emphasizes strategies to manage anxiety and stress through practical skills. These techniques teach short-term tools for calming intense feelings and step-by-step practices to reduce avoidance and social fears. They are useful for everyday stress, social anxiety, and panic moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Erika will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest which techniques might fit best. Together you can try different methods and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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