Erica Mesa

Erica Mesa is a bilingual therapist (Spanish and English). She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Erica grew up in the US-Mexico “frontera” (border) of San Diego and Tijuana. She has provided mental health services at the inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals, community and worked with detained and non-detained individuals. She is trained in EMDR, perinatal/maternal mental health, DBT, mindfulness, trauma informed care, and many more (please see the full list of her expertise in her website). She has  experiences with individuals struggling from depression, anxiety, trauma, multicultural concerns, substance use, psychosis, and mood disorders.

She uses a combination of therapeutic approaches to help identify individual needs. In her healing sessions, she introduces strength-based and humanistic approaches to help clients feel confident about themselves and provides a safe space to feel comfortable sharing life experiences. She completed her training at UCSF (Zuckerberg SF General). She currently resides in Thousand Oaks, California with her husband and 2 daughters. She is active in the community providing free Spanish support group sessions for moms once a month through PSI.