Erika Rana, LMFT
California · 8 years in practice
Erika Rana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with eight years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 137717 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1508365222 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Erika
Erika Rana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with eight years of clinical experience. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for people facing hard life moments. Erika focuses on helping clients manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, grief, and changes in work or life roles.
She blends a few approaches to meet each person's needs rather than using a single method for everyone.
Background and approach
In sessions she draws on existential ideas to talk about meaning and choice, attachment-based work to look at relationship patterns, and client-centered listening to follow the client's lead. Erika also uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when helpful for coping skills and emotion regulation.
Her background includes work with people affected by substance use, domestic violence, foster care involvement, and the criminal justice system. She has experience supporting LGBTQ clients and people from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds. She has also worked with clients who identify with kink and alternative sexual cultures.
Erika brings additional perspectives from a yoga teaching certificate and Reiki practice, which she sometimes integrates when clients are interested. She emphasizes practical tools and clear steps alongside deeper conversations about values and belonging.
Clients who choose her often want a therapist who listens in Spanish or English, keeps sessions focused, and helps them build concrete skills while also addressing bigger questions about purpose and connection.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Erika lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Erika names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Erika uses existential therapy to help people talk about meaning, choice, and the life questions that come up during big changes. This approach can be useful when someone wants to understand what matters to them and make clearer choices about relationships or work.She also draws on attachment-based therapy to look at patterns in how people relate to others. This work focuses on making sense of repeated relationship dynamics and trying new ways of connecting. In addition, client-centered therapy is part of her practice and keeps sessions focused on the client's perspective and priorities, letting conversations move at the client's pace.
Picking the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as you progress. That way the plan evolves with you, combining skills work and deeper conversations as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for a full session that mirrors an in-person visit. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or to fit a break at work. Live chat and text allow shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with relationship and family tensions, career stress, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, body image and eating concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is conversational and practical. She uses client-centered listening, explores meaning and values with existential ideas, and teaches skills from CBT and DBT when needed.
What is her clinical experience?
She has eight years of experience working with diverse populations, including people impacted by foster care, domestic violence, substance use, and the criminal justice system.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in California and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to accommodate clients who prefer either language.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client and therapist.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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