Ericka Roberts, MS, Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern, E-cyt 500

11/28/2024

10/11/2024

Somatic practices as an integrative peice to mental health and healing are necessary. Without body awareness, fears of felt unsafety can resonate in the…

08/01/2024

Change is inevitable and growth is good.

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as a Registered Mental Healh Counseling Intern and have joined an amazing team of colleagues at HyerWellness in downtown Orlando.

Presently accepting new client referrals. Trauma, Somatic trained and EMDR certification canidate. Counseling Couples, Individuals and children 6+.

You can find me at www. Hyerwellness.com, or on Psychology Today, or email me at: ericka@hyerwellness.com

Hyer Wellness was founded by Evyn Greenberg and Kristin Solberg, built from a dynamic partnership rooted in a passion for helping people live their best lives. Evyn and Kristin come from varied, but complimentary backgrounds and have teamed up to bring the Central Florida market and beyond, a servic...

08/01/2024

Change is inevitable and growth is good.

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as a Registered Mental Healh Counseling Intern and have joined an amazing team of colleagues at HyerWellness in downtown Orlando.

Presently accepting new client referrals. Trauma, Somatic trained and EMDR certification canidate. Counseling Couples, Individuals and children 6+.

You can find me at www. Hyerwellness.com, or on Psychology Today (link in bio) or email me at: ericka@hyerwellness.com

Hyer Wellness was founded by Evyn Greenberg and Kristin Solberg, built from a dynamic partnership rooted in a passion for helping people live their best lives. Evyn and Kristin come from varied, but complimentary backgrounds and have teamed up to bring the Central Florida market and beyond, a servic...

08/01/2024

06/30/2024

ON NEEDING LOVE

Needing love is not the same as “being needy”.
These two things often get conflated.

Our primate bodies are quite literally hard-wired for love and social connection.
Our nervous systems require connection for survival.

There is this idea in spirituality that we should always find love within ourselves.
That all external “love seeking” is ego-driven, or comes from fearful conditioning, or comes from repressed emotion or trauma.
It’s not always true.

Of course, our need for love can manifest in distorted, unhealthy, even narcissistic ways for sure.

But at its root, needing love and connection is the most natural thing of all.

A baby needs their mother, or they will die.
It’s biological. Neurological.
As adults, we need empathic connection, or we collapse emotionally, spiritually, and eventually physically.

Let’s not shame ourselves for needing love.

Let’s find love within, of course.
But… let’s also take the brave step of letting ourselves be loved, by those who are able to love us.

Let’s take the brave and vulnerable step of letting ourselves be seen, heard, known, allowing others to truly meet us, and experience our authentic selves.

- Jeff Foster