Individual therapy with Erica Sylvia Mitchell, LCSW. — Erica Sylvia Mitchell, LCSW
**EMDR** **Integrative Care to support healing from trauma, stress, grief & life transitions.** **CBT-I** **offered to restore natural sleep patterns.**
Do you find yourself affected by symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, insomnia, self-limiting beliefs, hurtful relationships, low self-esteem and confidence, communication difficulties, grief? Do you lack clarity of your life’s vision or stuck in between life transitions? Let’s connect. I am currently offering sessions via teletherapy serving all of California, Texas, & Utah.

Let's Talk

Are you struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, insomnia, relationships, life transitions?

Has your trauma been suppressed?

Are you questioning your purpose, career, relationships?

Are you struggling with sleep?

Are you searching for balance?

Is work or family obligations stressing you?

Are you feelings alone, scared, hopeless, worried, frustrated?

Are your thoughts and feelings controlling your mood?

Are you in a cycle of continuous arguments, lack of communication?

Are your triggers causing discomfort and doubt?

Are you feeling disorganized, and your criticizing thoughts are getting in your way?

Do you judge yourself, have a negative self-image, suffer from low self-esteem, feel inadequate, and worry constantly?

Have you held onto a dysfunctional narrative of who you are?

Are you making yourself small to please others?

Are you living the life you want?

Do you ask yourself: Who am I? How do I show up? What do I need? What do I want?

My Approach

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), I work with adults who have a strong desire and willingness to heal, build capacity, and discover what is holding them back; to reconnect with their innate wisdom and strength. I embrace an integrative approach to care, leaning into therapeutic modalities of Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Ego State Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), along with Relational and Experiential Therapies informed by the Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Techniques to integrate mind and body, and to create connection and balance. The core to my approach is relational as all of our parts deserve to be embraced with compassion and curiosity.

Integrating the various approaches with EMDR creates a powerful roadmap for healing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and navigating life transitions. EMDR helps process and release the emotional pain and suffering held by specific parts, while ego state therapy ensures each part feels heard, supported, and integrated, while CBT-I restores natural sleep patterns. This teamwork allows for deeper healing, reduces internal struggles, and builds a greater sense of harmony and resilience, making it easier to move forward from past hurts and adapt to new life changes.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is evidenced-based psychotherapy method proven to help you heal from trauma and adverse life experiences. EMDR is effective in healing PTSD, complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. EMDR is a therapy of past, present and future. Past events do not have to continue to shape the experience of the present or the future. EMDR is a memory-focused psychotherapy that supports processing traumatic experiences/memories. Unprocessed traumatic memories affect how we perceive things, decisions we make, reactions we have, and the beliefs we hold about ourselves and others. They can directly lead to symptoms that cause on-going distress. EMDR is an 8 Phase protocol that begins with creating connection in the therapeutic relationship. We are hard wired as humans to connect. Connection is vital to show up as we are.

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Ego State Therapy

Ego state therapy is a therapeutic approach that views the personality as being composed of distinct parts, “ego states;” think of a metaphor of our internal world. Each ego state represents a set of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that emerge in response to different situations, such as “inner critic” or “wounded child.” These states are not the same as multiple personalities; rather, the parts are normal aspects of how people adapt to life’s circumstances and environments based on lived experiences to adapt.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia is a structured, evidence-based form of psychotherapy designed to treat insomnia without sleep medication. It works by identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that interfere with sleep, such as anxiety about not sleeping or inconsistent sleep habits. CBT-I includes techniques like sleep restriction, stimulus control (strengthening the bed–sleep connection), relaxation training, and cognitive restructuring.

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