About Erika
Erika Sosa is a bilingual clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and challenges related to gender and sexuality. She provides LGBTQ+-affirming support and offers services in both English and Spanish. Erika combines practical coping skills with close attention to how culture and background shape a person’s experience.
Erika draws on nine years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas.
Background and approach
She focuses on trauma recovery, addiction concerns, and grief work, and she helps people untangle attachment patterns and improve relationship communication. Sessions often center on identifying what feels overwhelming and testing small, doable changes. Her style is direct but warm.
Erika uses clear tools to reduce anxiety and manage stress. She also addresses feelings of guilt, shame, and identity-related concerns, including gender dysphoria and HIV/AIDS-related issues. Work may include skills practice, emotional processing, and exploring past family-of-origin patterns that affect current relationships.
Erika supports people dealing with social anxiety, relationship strain, and substance-related challenges. She helps clients strengthen self-love and rebuild trust in themselves. When needed, she blends short-term coping strategies with deeper, longer-term work on attachment and past trauma.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Erika asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.
Evidence-informed approaches for online healing
Erika draws on evidence-based techniques that help people manage symptoms and process painful experiences. One common approach focuses on skills to reduce anxiety and stress, such as grounding, breathing, and behavioral steps that can be practiced between sessions to build tolerance for difficult feelings. Another area emphasizes trauma-informed work that helps people process past hurt and reduce its hold on current life, using gradual emotional processing and stabilization techniques.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative effort. Erika will work with each person to learn their needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit those priorities. That process may shift over time as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video visits allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone work can use less bandwidth and fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions and to use brief, focused exchanges when that fits a schedule. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to maintain alongside daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish