Erica Hudson, bsw, MA

 

~ Accepting new clients ~

Telephone: (408) 341-9079
Email: ericahudsonpsychotherapy@gmail.com
Pronouns: she/her

Office Address: 2880 Sacramento Street, Berkeley, CA
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11am-7pm


License: Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, #AMFT118595
Supervisor: Jamie Rizzo, #LMFT82936

Fees: $160-260. Contact for sliding scale availability.

I'm especially invested in working with women of color, multiracial adults, and intimate partners of all configurations. I come from English Pilots and Irish Welders, Black maids and Pastors from Arkansas. I have been on both sides of our society, privileged, and oppressed and I bring this myriad of experiences to our time together. I have been the victim of both covert and overt intimate partner violence and abuse. I have had traumatic and ground breaking experiences during childbirth. I have experienced both great access to financial resources and also felt the pain of not having access to food and safety. When I sit with you and we reflect on life's experiences, it creates room for you to feel held, feel seen, feel stabilized. This unique time together will allow for the space to make the changes you need. 

Using a primarily Psychodynamic and Relational approach, I practice with a culturally-affirming and non-judgmental stance. This approach centers the relationship between the client and therapist as the conduit for the desired change. I have had extensive training and supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy from The Psychotherapy Institutes two year, post graduate training program which guides the way I sit with clients. I jave extensive experience in both community based agencies and private practice here in Alameda and Santa Clara County, California. 

As both a client and a clinician, I believe our consciousness comes from a place unknown to us, but familiar and close to our soul. I hold space for the unknown, and for the discovery of your core. My belief is that at some point in your life, either before or after birth, we became disconnected from this core. Maybe it’s the systems we were birthed into, maybe it’s the experience of negative emotions that separates us, maybe consciousness is just a construct, something to believe in and bring us depth. In my work as a therapist, I’m open to all the possibilities. 

When I envision our sessions, I think of the purposeful time you and I set aside to be in connection and in purposeful conversation together. I envision you feeling what it is like to be seen by me for who you are. Together, we will flow between exploring the here and now and finding solutions. I am trained with years of theoretical wisdom and will use practical skill in session to create a therapeutic connection and a movement that gets you closer to the roots of your issues and Self. I believe in the change that can occur between us and I’d be honored to guide you through the journey back to your Self.

My clients hold a sense of longing for change, to return and connect to their true selves. What it will take from you is a willingness to show up fully, an opening up to the process of therapy, and committing your resources and energy to this therapeutic process. Together, through exploration, reflection, and noticing, we will give our sessions deep purpose and meaning. I will maintain the session's movement, provide insight, and guide you. The unique therapeutic relationship that is created through intentionality is one that I honor with all my clients.

AREAS OF CLINICAL WORK

  • Women of Color

  • Parenting

  • Divorce

  • Ancestor Work

  • Intimate Relationships

  • Psychedelic Integration

  • Dream Work

CLINICAL APPROACH

  • Psychodynamically Focused

modalities

  • Individuals

  • Couples