Erika Simon, MA, LMFT-A-Supervised by Thuy Nguyen

Erika is a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate who completed her Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas and received her Master’s degree from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. A Mexican native who is fluent in English and Spanish, Erika has gained invaluable experience during her internship at the Houston-Galveston Institute. She is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (TAMFT), and the Houston Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (HAMFT).

Her passion and specialty is working with clients of diverse ethnicity, age, and gender. Erika’s clients include children, individuals, couples, and families; dealing with issues relating to abuse, divorce, self-esteem, depression, anger management, and personal relationships. Her therapeutic approach is collaborative, family therapy-based, culturally sensitive, and client-centered. She bases her approach on the belief that the client is the expert on his or her life circumstances and that her job as a therapist, is not to dictate treatment, but to shape the process using the values, desires and needs of her clients.

Offering a unique method of collaborative counseling, Erika helps individuals, families and communities of all socioeconomic backgrounds. She is goal-oriented and works with clients to help them create small, specific, and manageable goals that can be accomplished and recognized. Through this goal-oriented approach, clients find new solutions and the strength to endure challenges and overcome obstacles. Erika completed the Parenting Coordinator training, which helps her work with high conflict families in an impartial way. Her role as a Parenting Coordinator is to empower parents and work in the best interest of their child(ren).

Erika is also a certified Gentle Sleep Coach and assists tired parents learn how to gently teach infants/children better sleep patterns and helping them to fall and stay asleep throughout the night.

Erika resides in Houston and is married with two beautiful young daughters which helps give her the family perspective and dynamic that enables her to draw on her own personal experiences.

“I am determined to learn from my clients as we travel through a journey My goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating” – Erika Simon, MA, LMFT-A