About Erica

Hi, I'm Erica

With the right tools and support, I believe you can be where and how you want to be. I'm here to expand your toolbox and be the support you need for a healthier you.

I always knew art making had a mystically healing effect on me - I experienced it firsthand since I was a little girl. Being born in Korea and raised and educated in North America, I was able to appreciate the non-verbal ways art enabled my expression and enhanced my communication both internally and externally, and ultimately helped me bring out what I was feeling and thinking inside to the outside world. Art is a wondrous tool for awareness, acceptance, relaxation, and joy. I especially love that anyone can benefit from art therapy - yes, even if you have no experience!

"Art therapy combines the creative process and psychotherapy, facilitating self-exploration and understanding. Using imagery, colour and shape as part of this creative therapeutic process, thoughts and feelings can be expressed that would otherwise be difficult to articulate." - Canadian Art Therapy Association

Session can be provided in English and/or Korean.

Tools/approaches I have to support you include:

Art Therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Mindfulness
Trauma-informed
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Spirituality
Holistic; mind-body connection
Narrative
Culturally sensitive

If this sounds like a good path to you, let's connect here.

Credentials

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Art Therapist, and practicing artist located in Toronto, Canada. My education includes a graduate-level diploma from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (DTATI), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, I am finishing up my MA in Theology: Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy from Wilfrid Laurier University. I am registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and Ontario Art Therapy Association.

Specialties

Treatment areas of experience/specialty include:

depression
anxiety
self-esteem
emotion regulation
spirituality
diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging
body image
eating disorders/disordered eating
identity

I work with adults and older adults individually or in groups.

If this resonates with how you are feeling now, let's connect here.

Sessions

The steps to how we'll work together

You don't have to go through anything alone. Let's connect here.

Free consultation

Complimentary 20-minute phone call to discuss your goals and concerns for therapy, and what I can do to remedy them. Once you decide to book your first session and work with me, we'll figure out a good time to meet. I will send you consent forms and remind you how we'll meet online.

Our first session

The very first session will include reviewing and answering any questions on the consent forms, logistics, along with an intake assessment to gain insight into for what and why you're seeking support, and develop goals to work towards. Depending on the circumstances, this important initial step may extend to more than one session.

Continuing sessions

Length of the therapy process depends on your goals, concerns, and treatment method. We can meet weekly, biweekly, or at a frequency that makes sense for you.

Termination

Ending therapy is a meaningful step to this journey - working towards it shows us that we're on the right track to the goals you've made!

Contact

So that you can feel
more like yourself,
in a way that feels good.

Let's get in touch

If you do not show up for your scheduled appointment, or you have not notified me 48 hours in advance, you will be billed the full session fee plus tax.