- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Erika
Erika Rana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with eight years of experience helping people navigate parenting challenges and family stress. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for busy parents. Erika focuses on real problems that show up in daily life.
That includes parenting struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction concerns, anxiety, and coping with major life changes. She also supports people facing identity and body-image concerns, codependency, and attachment difficulties.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and client-centered. She listens first, then builds a plan together with each person. She draws on techniques from attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused approaches to meet the client where they are.
Erika has worked with people involved in foster care and the criminal justice system, survivors of abuse, and members of the LGBT and kink communities. She also brings experience with spiritual and psychedelic-related difficulties and integrates breathwork and somatic tools when useful. As a bilingual clinician who grew up in Mexico City, she often supports Spanish speakers and bicultural families.
Outside of practice she is a parent and values creative self-expression and family life.
What Erika works with
Everything Erika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Erika helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erika lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online parenting support
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can help parents notice attachment patterns and practice new ways of connecting with children and partners.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. In remote sessions the therapist follows the parent's lead, reflecting concerns and helping set goals that fit family life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through video or messaging, Erika can teach practical CBT skills to manage anxiety, parenting stress, or low mood.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That process is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents. Video calls let pairs or individuals work face to face when schedules align. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat or text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into family routines and respond quickly to pressing concerns.
Questions people ask about Erika
What concerns does she help with?
She works with parenting issues, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, addiction, anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, combining attachment-based work, CBT, DBT, and emotionally-focused techniques tailored to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with diverse populations and a variety of family and relationship issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in California, and practices with those regional licensure details.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual and Spanish-speaking clients.
Are international clients accepted?
She is not currently accepting international clients and works with people within the regions aligned to her licensure.
What formats are used for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
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