Everyone deserves a safe space to heal from the pain of the world.

Erica is dually licensed as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor – Supervisor, a Licensed Professional Art Therapist, and a nationally Board-Certified Art Therapist. As the Clinical Programming Manager at Creative Family Counseling, I manage the School Facilitated Services team, Group Therapy services, Community Partnerships, and Parenting Workshops offered at the practice.

History
A native Southerner, I began my career in graphic design but knew I wanted to use art and creativity as a means of helping others and contributing to the greater good. I volunteered at St Jude Children’s Hospital, worked as a church youth group summer mentor and planner, and found my way toward art therapy.

Experience
I’ve been in practice since 2013 primarily working with children, adolescents, families, and young adults. The bulk of my experience before private practice was in a community mental health agency working with families and clients experiencing some kind of mental health or environmental crisis. While crises feel like a derailment, I’ve learned and believe they are more-so a catalyst for change. I value working alongside families to navigate these challenges and creatively problem solve toward a life that is meaningful for each family individually, and on their terms.

I am a certified trainer of therapists in suicide intervention and prevention, which is both informed by and informs my practice with those at risk. I’m trained in a number of suicide-specific treatment models. I’ve also been certified in the Kniffley Racial Trauma Treatment Model, if exploring the impact of racial trauma is relevant to your life and needs. Additionally, I am trained in Parent Coaching and Co-Parenting Counseling. I am currently under supervision as an EMDR-trained therapist.

Therapy Process
I aim to create a space that’s safe and inclusive, grounded and personable. Of course therapy is a professional healthcare setting, but we can do our best therapy work when we’re our most comfortable, human selves.

I believe in activating our creativity as a primary force of healing. Through art and creative expression, we can find answers that are otherwise beneath the surface & explore in a way that is softer and more fluid than talk alone. Whether you consider yourself an artist or not, we all have creativity within us & incorporating it in your mental healthcare can have surprising impacts. Creative expression is a facilitator, a vessel, a connector, a collaborator, and often, the message.

We’re all a part of the systems we inhabit, and building change and understanding within those systems & spaces is vital to transformation. You and your loved ones are also the experts of your lives, not me (or any therapist). I value the information and collaboration you bring to the table to find solutions that are most right for you in this time and situation.

When our time together is over, you will:

• be able to use creative strategies to meet the needs of you and your family,
• feel empowered, informed, and capable,
• have gained a fresh perspective on yourself, your symptoms, and your version of health,
• have reduced shame and stigmas,
• approach yourself and others with grace, acceptance, and curiosity, and
• feel skilled in recognizing needs beneath the surface rather than reacting to symptoms at the tip of the iceberg.

You can reach me directly at [email protected] or 502-383-0914.

***Erica works with children 4+, teens, adults & families and is offering availability on Mondays – Wednesdays at our Lyndon Campus.  She is also available for School Facilitated Counseling Services at Centerfield Elementary, Locust Grove Elementary, East Oldham County Middle School, Oldham County Middle School, and Oldham County High School. 

She accepts payment through HSA/FSA/HRA cards, cash, or check. She can also provide Out of Network Reimbursement forms for those with OON Benefits and has a limited number of sliding scale openings per month. Typical 45-minute appointments with Erica are a $160 investment per session following the Initial Intake, which costs $210 and includes the development and planning of new clients’ treatment plans. 60-minute follow up appointments are $195***