Erika Gimbel, MFT

I saw Erika for a number of months on a weekly basis in late 2011-​early 2012. The weeks leading up to calling Erika were heavy (physically and emotionally) and I felt stuck without know how to process what I was going through. A series of life events had unfolded, bringing up memories and feelings of trauma experienced early in life that I had no prior understanding of.
In the work that Erika and I did together for those four months I cannot begin to explain the amount of change that came about. I was able to quit a job I despised and gave full priority to my dream job (within month 1 I was working as my dream profession), I was provided with an array resources by Erika to support me living my fullest, most vibrant dream, and to date I have an arsenal of internal tools to work through the physical symptoms surrounding the trauma.
Erika is compassionate, gentle, intuitive, AND HILARIOUS. She is an incredibly gifted therapist and I recommend her whole-​heartedly to anyone who is seeking added support of any sort.

erika was a great masseuse! i was enduring some horrible cramping (i think i literally took 1400 mg of ibuprofen yesterday) and, after a lovely one-​hour massage with erika today, i feel SO much better.
the great thing about erika was her ability to incorporate all types of massage. i’ve had some really soothing swedish massage, and i’ve also had some really hardcore shiatsu-​type massage. both are good, but when someone can be in tune enough to know what to use when, its so much better. today, due to said cramping, she employed some thai massage techniques, that we’re apparently very effective. truly, i am so pleased!
note: erika works out of body 180/​ombody yoga and wellness in oakland, but she is also an MFT who works out of berkeley and sf. check out her website for more information.