Erika Tsoukanelis

Erika Tsoukanelis, LCSW is an EMDRIA-approved Certified Therapist and Consultant and owner of Heart of Inquiry, a private practice in Greenwich, Connecticut. She specializes in PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, and chronic illness. Erika received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Sarah Lawrence College in 1992 and her master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Social Work in 1996, and served in various mental health care settings before opening Heart of Inquiry in 2011. She has trained with Deany Laliotis and Karen Alter-Reid in individual and group EMDR consultations. In addition to using EMDR as a comprehensive and relational therapy, Erika applies to her practice trainings in psychodynamic psychotherapy, structural dissociation theory, Integrative Restoration (iRest), Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT), Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience (DARe), and neurobiology. As a certified holistic health counselor and  Kripalu yoga teacher, Erika naturally incorporates profound somatic awareness and mindfulness skills into her work. She partners with clients and consultants to determine together the course of the work, ever-respectful of each person’s individuality as a mental, emotional, physical and spiritual being. She is available for individual and group consultations via Zoom.