Welcome to the Erica Barton Counseling Blog
A space for reflection, healing, and growth. Here you’ll find insights on trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, attachment healing, and somatic therapy written to support sensitive, intuitive people on their path toward wholeness. Explore topics like Anxiety, Relationships, Trauma, Brainspotting, IFS therapy, and embodied mindfulness practices that help you reconnect with your true, whole, authentic self.
Whether you’re seeking trauma therapy in Bend, Oregon, virtual therapy in Oregon state, or online Yoga Therapy anywhere you are, these articles offer guidance, education, and gentle encouragement for your healing journey.
Coming Home to Yourself: Inner Child Healing, Somatic Therapy & IFS-Informed Care for Sensitive Cycle Breakers
When we’ve lived through trauma or difficult experiences—especially attachment wounds or emotional neglect—parts of us adapt in brilliant ways. They become perfectionists, people-pleasers, caretakers, or critics. These aren’t flaws. They’re protectors. They’ve kept you safe.
IFS-informed therapy gives us a way to connect with these parts. Many of them are younger—you might think of them as inner children—still carrying fear, grief, or the belief that love has to be earned.