Erica Jones
Erica Jones
(she/her)
My clinical approach is aligned with "Radical Healing Theory," which encompasses a holistic approach to healing beyond physical health and addresses the underlying causes of suffering and inequality. It acknowledges the interconnectedness of various social, economic, political, and environmental systems and their impact on individual and collective well-being. Radical healing is rooted in critical theory and social justice frameworks. It challenges traditional notions of health and healing by centering marginalized voices and experiences. It seeks to dismantle oppressive structures and promote equity, justice, and liberation.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
As your clinician, it is my goal to meet you at the intersection of your need(s) and my professional capacity by employing a comprehensive psycho-social assessment that may take a few sessions, which will aid in developing a rapport that will be mutually beneficial for creating a therapeutic relationship grounded in transparency, confidentiality, honesty, and safety. Additionally, work-life balance is challenging; I offer Saturday morning appointments on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 8 AM until 11 AM, which is my last appointment.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
The clients I am best positioned to serve are those who recognize their challenging social factors, like problematic family dynamics, employment, supremacist ideologies in society, emotional dysregulation, identified character flaws, unresolved guilt, shame, grief, longing for acceptance, inclusion, and loving. Those who understand that unfairness is a part of life, but with skills and emotional support, we can navigate through it and still win. People who perceive a lack of agency are concerned for themselves and others. They also desire to learn new self-preservation skills to aid them in overcoming life challenges.
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Trauma-Focused CBT
The events of Trauma vary significantly in their effect on individuals, and indeed on individuals who lack social support and may feel overwhelmed with feelings of guilt, shame, or grief. While some people may quickly recover from an adverse event, others might find their coping abilities profoundly altered, affecting their self-perception and interactions with their environment and in their relationships. Trauma-informed therapy represents a paradigm shift. It focuses on understanding the root causes of distress by asking, “What happened to you?” rather than “What’s wrong with you?” This approach emphasizes understanding a client’s complete history—both past and present—to provide effective therapeutic care.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Culturally sensitive Trauma-Informed Care refers to the capacity to provide trauma-informed assessment and intervention that acknowledges, respects effectively, and integrates patients' and families' cultural values, beliefs, and practices. In my practice, culture extends beyond identifying a child and family's race and ethnicity to include other variables such as faith/religion, sexual orientation, region of residence, and level of acculturation, as well as closely related factors such as socioeconomic status and literacy level.
Racial trauma treatment
Racial Trauma Therapy" refers to a form of psychotherapy specifically designed to address the psychological impacts of experiencing racism and racial discrimination, while "Radical Therapy" is a broader concept that encompasses healing from systemic oppression by actively challenging and working to change the oppressive systems themselves, often with a focus on racial trauma within this context; both approaches prioritize validating the client's experiences and empowering them to confront and heal from the effects of systemic racism
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Person-centered allows the client to lead the conversation. However, the clinician may ask poignant questions, seeking clarity and reality-checking in context. This approach rests on unconditionally positive regard for the client. The therapist refrains from judging the client’s perspective for any reason, providing a source of complete acceptance and support.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a structured therapy that focuses on teaching four core skills (mindfulness, acceptance & distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness) to help you create a good life for yourself. You work on those skills through a series of lessons and then start applying them to your life. • This free guide has approximately 40 short DBT lessons. Each lesson includes a short video and then an exercise with an accompanying worksheet. Many readers use them between sessions with their therapist or you can use them as a self-study course to do on your own. Many readers use these at-home exercises in conjunction with a therapist and many readers use them as a self-study guide. • DBT is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT focuses on helping people change unhelpful thought patterns. DBT takes those CBT ideas or challenging unhelpful thought patterns but also adds additional elements like mindfulness, acceptance and distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to give the client more tools for dealing with challenging situations. Dialectical (the D is DBT) meets opposites and comes from combining two ideas - change and acceptance.