Erika Rana

Erika Rana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with CA LMFT 137717 and eight years of clinical experience working with people from diverse backgrounds. She completed most of her professional training in California and provides therapy to individuals, children, couples, and families.

Her clinical work includes experience with people involved in the foster care system, the criminal justice system, and those receiving treatment for substance use. She has provided care for survivors of domestic violence and other forms of abuse, and she has worked with LGBT clients, members of the African American and Caribbean communities, and other people of color. She also has experience supporting some clients in the kink community.

In private practice, Erika has supported clients through spiritual-related crises, including spiritual emergencies following traumatic psychedelic experiences. She is a certified yoga teacher and a Reiki master, and she integrates these modalities when appropriate for a client’s needs.

Her therapeutic approach is client-centered with humanistic and existential foundations, and she also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and spirituality-oriented principles. Erika tailors methods to each person she sees, aiming to provide practical tools and steady support as clients work toward their goals.

Born and raised in Mexico City, she particularly values serving Latino and Spanish-speaking communities and is able to provide therapy in Spanish. Outside of her clinical work, Erika is a mother of two young boys, a cat owner, and a wife. She has a bicultural, biracial family (Indian/Mexican) and enjoys art, tattoos, fashion, and self-expression through body art and jewelry.

Erika is passionate about being part of clients’ healing journeys and welcomes contact from people who feel a connection with her approach and background.