Karin Erickson

I am originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved to Asheville, North Carolina where I attended college and began my professional social work career with young children and families. For many years, I provided early intervention and child mental health services in homes and childcare centers across both rural communities in western North Carolina and the Chapel Hill/Durham area, where I earned my Masters in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill.

My first child was a toddler when my family relocated from our home in North Carolina on 10 wooded acres to Northeast Washington, DC in 2019. Now, I’m a parent of two fast-growing, energetic kids, and I understand the joys and challenges that come along with them.

Beyond the perinatal and early childhood focus, I have additional interest in supporting kinship caregivers and providing trauma and resiliency approaches for healing across generations. I have experience working with parents who are incarcerated (or otherwise remote), are in substance use recovery and want to stay connected with their children. My focus with women and birth partners in the perinatal period peaked after years of teaming with specialists both in my work, within my family, and during my own pregnancies. I truly recognize that healing after traumatic birth or unfathomable loss takes time and support — and I’m committed to walking alongside those on that path.