I'm an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and clinical supervisor based in Raleigh, North Carolina. I support people moving through the trauma and stuck patterns that standard weekly therapy can't always reach — and I help the clinicians who do that work sharpen their own practice.
Most of my work now falls into two lanes: EMDR Therapy Intensives for clients who want to go deeper, faster, and consultation, supervision, and training for the therapists and organizations building trauma-informed care. I still see the therapeutic relationship as a partnership — consent-driven, honest about the work involved, and grounded in the reality that the systems around us shape what happens inside us.
Emotions are natural. Emotions are healthy. We can live whole, healed lives even after we experience hard things.
WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN
My clinical and consultation work centers on:
Complex and developmental trauma — the patterns that form early and run deep.
Medical trauma and chronic illness — I work from lived experience as well as clinical training, and I understand what changes when a client's body is already in a fight.
Racial and oppression-based trauma — trauma that isn't a single event but an accumulation, and that most therapy models were never built to name.
DBT-informed EMDR — as a Certified DBT clinician, I bring skills-based stabilization into trauma processing for clients who need both.
WAYS TO WORK WITH ME
1. EMDR Therapy Intensives — now booking
An EMDR Therapy Intensive condenses months of trauma processing into a focused block of time — a half day, a full day, or several days in a row. Intensives are built for people who can't fit weekly sessions around work and family, who feel like they've stalled in traditional therapy, or who simply want to make significant progress without dragging it out over a year.
Clients travel to Raleigh for this work, and virtual intensives are available as well. Intensives are self-pay and require a free 30-minute consult first, so we can make sure it's the right fit.
If you're a therapist referring a client: your client stays your client. An intensive is a focused adjunct to the work you're already doing together — I process the target with them, then hand the relationship back to you.
2. Professional & Organizational Consultation
I partner with practices, agencies, and organizations that want to build genuinely trauma-informed care — through training, program consultation, and speaking. This work ranges from single trainings to ongoing organizational engagements.
Who this is for: group practices, healthcare and community organizations, and teams that want trauma-informed practice to be real rather than decorative.
3. EMDR ConsultatioN
As an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, I provide consultation for EMDR-trained clinicians working toward EMDRIA Certification, Consultants-in-Training on the certification pathway, and therapists who want to deepen and refine their EMDR practice. Consultation is available individually, in small groups, and in packages.
Who this is for: EMDR-trained clinicians pursuing certification, or any EMDR therapist who wants sharper case conceptualization and more confident delivery. (Consultation is not therapy — and per EMDRIA ethics, your consultant can't also be your therapist.)
4. Clinical Supervision
I provide clinical supervision for Licensed Clinical Social Work Associates (LCSWAs) in North Carolina accumulating hours toward full LCSW licensure. My supervision is trauma-informed, justice-centered, and honest about both the clinical and the systemic realities of this field.
Who this is for: LCSWAs in NC building toward licensure who want a supervisor invested in the whole clinician, not just the paperwork.
My hope is that all people know the experience of living a whole, healed life, no matter the scars of the past.
MEET ERICA, LCSW:
(she/her)
Currently accepting clients for EMDR Intensives
***Erica is only accepting clients for EMDR Intensives which are self-pay only**
My dog Toast, who IS the best dog in the world.
LOOKING FOR WEEKLY THERAPY?
My individual therapy caseload is currently full, so I'm not taking new weekly clients right now. Two good options:
If you're drawn to focused trauma work, an EMDR Intensive takes new clients and may be a better fit anyway.
If you want ongoing weekly therapy, the Whole Mentality team includes clinicians accepting new clients across insurance and self-pay.
Meet the Team → | Schedule a Consult →
A note on what sessions are actually like: there is a couch. You don't have to lie on it unless you want to. My work is engaging, collaborative, and honest about the effort healing takes — and yes, if we do EMDR or DBT, expect homework. You'll leave with tangible skills to practice in real life, because that's how you learn what serves you and what doesn't.