- Emotion-focused work
- Attachment issues
- CBT and DBT skills
About Erika
Erika Rucker is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in West Virginia with three years of counseling experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues related to addiction. Erika also supports clients dealing with grief, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, and challenges around self-esteem and career change.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and dialectical behavior approaches. In sessions she focuses on feelings, attachment patterns, and the ways trusted relationships shape reactions and choices. Erika helps people name hard emotions and notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Her work includes attention to abandonment and attachment issues, blended family and communication problems, commitment and control struggles, and the interaction of chronic illness or pain with mood and stress. She also addresses substance use and co-occurring concerns such as DMDD, cancer-related caregiving stress, and recovery from loss.
Erika aims to build a reliable working relationship and to use practical tools people can try between sessions. She mixes skills from CBT and DBT with emotion-focused conversations to help clients shift how they respond to triggers. Progress often focuses on clearer communication, better emotion regulation, and more predictable reactions in relationships.
Sessions are offered in English from West Virginia. Prospective clients should follow the site process to see online therapy options, complete the matching questionnaire, and schedule an initial session.
How Erika blends emotion work and practical skills online
Erika commonly draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with strong emotions and attachment responses that affect relationships and day-to-day life. EFT focuses on recognizing patterns in how people react to one another and on reshaping those interactions through focused conversation and emotional awareness.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current bonds influence behavior and feelings, which can be useful for issues like abandonment, commitment concerns, and communication problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and to build skills for managing anxiety, mood, and sleep difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Erika will discuss your goals and preferences, and together you can try different techniques to see what helps. She combines emotion-focused conversation with skill practice so people have both insight and tools to use between sessions.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that combining focused emotional work with CBT or DBT skills translates well to remote appointments, while practical scheduling benefits help therapy fit into everyday life.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
West Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and related problems such as sleep and eating concerns.
How does she use Emotionally-Focused Therapy?
Erika uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to focus on emotions and attachment patterns that drive relationship dynamics and personal reactions.
What is her clinical background?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three years of counseling experience and prior work across varied settings supporting people with addiction, trauma, mood, and sleep disorders.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds LPC credentials in West Virginia and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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