Erika Michel

I’m a first generation Latinx/e, bilingual, and LGBTQ+ affirming therapist creating space for clients to experience radical self-compassion and express themselves fully. I invite clients to discuss, in English, Spanish, or spanglish, how their worldview and relationships are influenced by their culture. I believe radical self-compassion involves affirming all types of identities. I value authenticity, knowing neither clients nor myself, need to be perfect.

I graduated with a master's degree from Chapman University in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2019. Since 2018, I have worked with clients in community mental health and private practice settings. Clients have been a part of the Latinx/e community, young adults in college, and young professionals.

I follow clients' lead. It is risky to trust a new person, even if they're a therapist, and ghosts of the past are sure to come up. This gives the opportunity to build trust in our relationship by showing clients they are safe to explore what they think and feel with me, as well as, start to make sense of what their experience has been like with others.

I sit with clients as they experience difficult emotions, listen to what others have not been able to hear, as well as, guide them to connect with their self-worth and contend with the realities of life.

Therapy is the time you have chosen to think and feel with my support

Clients can expect a warm welcome and genuine interest in understanding who they are, how they have come to approach themselves, and the world around them, as well as, what future they would like to build for themselves.