Hi, I’m Erica. I’m a lesbian art therapist and active member of Seattle’s queer community, and my work is deeply rooted in that community. I believe therapy should be a place where you don’t have to explain, defend, or translate who you are to be understood—you get to show up as yourself, exactly as you are. I work with individuals and couples around identity, relationships, family, and belonging, with a particular passion for supporting people through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the transition into parenthood. As a DONA- trained birth doula, I’m especially interested in how identity, relationships, bodies, and family can shift during this time, and I’m passionate about supporting queer people building families in spaces that weren’t always designed with us in mind.

My approach is eclectic and grounded in the belief that healing doesn’t always happen through talking alone. I draw from intersectional feminist, emotion- focused, and art therapy approaches, weaving them together based on what feels most supportive. Sometimes healing happens through words; sometimes through creativity, movement, curiosity, or connecting with what the body already knows. I’m CPT-certified and working toward my Perinatal Mental Health Certificate, and I also co-lead an art therapy group with Mary’s Place and the Zia Larson Ray of Light Foundation. Before becoming a therapist, I worked on a crisis life line, an experience that continues to shape the care, humility, and respect I bring to this work. One of my biggest hopes is to walk alongside queer people as they reclaim what identity, relationships, and family can look like on their own terms.