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Practice Areas

Erjing offers individual therapy, couple therapy, supervision, and peer consultation services.

Areas of Specificities:

  • Adjustment/life transitions

  • Acculturation challenges

  • Body dysmorphic disorder

  • Cultural conflicts/cross-cultural matters

  • Depression

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  • Grief and loss

  • Identity development, meaning-making, existential crisis

  • Institutional oppression

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  • Racial trauma, microaggression

  • Perfectionism

  • Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

  • Trauma (includes but not limited to developmental trauma, sexual assault, and racial trauma)

  • Vocational counseling

  • Work-related stress

OCD & Generalized Anxiety and related disorders

Erjing completed her clinical training at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School, where she specialized in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and related disorders.

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With over 10 years of clinical experience, Erjing works with children, teens, and adults experiencing OCD and anxiety-related disorders. She has provided professional trainings and talks on these topics and currently teaches at the University of Washington. Erjing is passionate about integrating cultural humility and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into ERP treatment.

Asian American, Asian in America,  & Asian
(Includes but not limited to International students, H1b visa holders, refugee, adoptee, and illegal immigrants) 
 

Erjing enjoys working with all populations whose families originate in East Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and Southeast Asia. 

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Depending on your racial identity and cultural stories, each of you carries your own experiences and struggles while navigating the world. Grounded in multicultural counseling and intersectionality, Erjing is passionate about attending to the nuance and complexity of each person’s lived experience.

Multiculturalism & Social-CulturalTherapy
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Erjing believes in approaching all presenting concerns from a multicultural and social justice framework, with curiosity and compassion. 

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Erjing believes that exploring intersectionality, privilege, and experiences of oppression is a core component of deep therapeutic work, as these forces shape how we understand ourselves, our relationships, and our place in the world.

 

Therapy is a process of looking inward while also recognizing what has happened to you in the context of society, in order for us to empower changes that heal.

Couple Therapy

 Couple Therapy

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couple is an evidence-based treatment that helps aimed at fostering secure, lasting bonds. ​

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Some of common reasons for couple seeking counseling:

  • Adjustment/life transitions

  • Acculturation challenges

  • Communication difficulties

  • Conflict resolution and repair

  • Emotional disconnection and intimacy issues

  • Trust issues, betrayal, and infidelity recovery

  • Premarital counseling and relationship strengthening

  • Life transitions and their impact on relationships (e.g., marriage, parenthood, relocation)

  • Navigating cultural and intergenerational differences in relationships

  • Power dynamics and boundary setting

  • Financial stress and its impact on relationships

  • Managing external stressors (e.g., career changes, family conflicts)

  • Coping with grief, loss, or illness together

  • Parenting conflicts and co-parenting challenges

  • Impact of mental health concerns on relationships (e.g., anxiety, depression, OCD)

  • Navigating non-traditional relationship structures (e.g., blended families, long-distance, polyamory)

  • Healing from racial trauma, discrimination, and external societal pressures together

  • Sex and intimacy concerns

  • Rebuilding connection after major conflicts or life changes 

  • Many more...

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Erjing utilizes EFT to help couples understand and reshape the emotional responses driving their interactions. This structured approach, backed by extensive research, addresses core emotions and needs, enabling couples to break free from negative patterns and enhance their emotional connection. Erjing aims at providing a supportive environment where couples can communicate effectively and build stronger, more resilient relationships, ensuring a transformative journey toward a more fulfilling partnership.

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For more Information on EFT, see article here.

Lengths of Therapy

Brief-term Therapy (3-6 sessions),  Middle-term Therapy (12-24 sessions),  Long-Term Therapy (24+ sessions).

What is brief-term Therapy? 

Brief-term therapy is characterized by its focused and time-limited nature, often focusing on addressing immediate and specific problems and providing practical short-term solutions within a concise timeframe. Brief-term therapy with Erjing can take several forms: 1) the therapist and client might collaborate closely to identify the immediate challenge, develop strategies for coping or problem-solving, and work towards tangible outcomes; 2) the therapist might provide an assessment, recommendations, and/or referrals for further work, and 3) the client might utilize brief-term Therapy to gain a feel for therapy.

Brief-term therapy usually does not involve getting to the core of the challenges.

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