Erica Lima

(She/Her) Accepting New Telehealth Clients

Erica Lima is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience supporting individuals healing from trauma, attachment wounds, and relational patterns shaped by early life experiences. She earned her Master of Social Work from Arizona State University and specializes in complex trauma, intergenerational and religious trauma, and relational healing.

Erica’s approach is grounded in the belief that healing happens in relationship—with ourselves, our bodies, and others. She integrates somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and depth-oriented approaches to help clients reconnect with parts of themselves shaped by survival, reduce nervous system overwhelm, and build emotional resilience. Her work is especially supportive for those navigating anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, burnout, and a deep sense of disconnection.

Erica has worked across community mental health, residential treatment, and private practice settings, and has supported women, refugees, LGBTQ+ individuals, Indigenous communities, helping professionals, and survivors of religious harm. Her practice is guided by social justice–centered values, and she brings warmth, curiosity, and respect into the therapy space.

In addition to her clinical work, Erica has held leadership roles as a program director and clinical supervisor. She is also on faculty at Arizona State University, where she teaches in both direct practice and generalized social work in the MSW program. Erica is the co-author of Overcoming Childhood Trauma Workbook (Penguin Random House, 2024), which offers practical tools for adult survivors of childhood trauma.