About Eric Sjoberg

I help people see the patterns they couldn't name—the ones running beneath the surface of their relationships, their work, and their sense of self. Through personalized tools and frameworks, I work with those exploring personal growth, Internal Family Systems (IFS), psychedelic integration, or simply trying to understand why they keep hitting the same walls.

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Since 1995, Eric has helped hundreds of people transform their lives by deepening intimacy, connection, and success through his coaching and somatic practice. Specializing in the integration of Power, Love, and Presence and helping clear what blocks these, Eric guides clients to find harmony within their body, mind, and heart. His work is also deeply informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS), a modality that facilitates healing by working with various parts of the self.

For over two decades, Eric has been developing a body of work that weaves together Somatic Experiencing®, Pathwork® Spiritual Counseling, and IFS, alongside his own innovative frameworks such as the Matrix of Self and Stages of Competence. He also writes about the Dominant Mindset—the cultural operating system most of us inherited without choosing—and the path out of it. Clients who have struggled with overwhelming emotions, trauma, or relational challenges have found a level of peace and fulfillment they never thought possible through their work with Eric.

Eric's approach is rooted in collaboration and playfulness. He strives to work with you, not at you, viewing life's difficulties as adventures to be explored. Despite his deep expertise, Eric comes across as an ordinary guy who sees opportunity in the challenges of life.

When not working with clients, Eric is constantly exploring, learning, and seeking—whether through travel, podcasting, or writing—always deepening his understanding of the human experience.

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK WITH ERIC

"Despite years of on-and-off therapy prior to beginning my work with Eric, I hadn't yet begun to truly observe and feel the impacts that a childhood of trauma had had on my daily existence as an adult. Using equal parts insight and compassion, Eric helped me begin the vital process of learning to see and be with parts of myself that have needed attention and compassion."

"Through working with Eric, I learned how to start showing up for myself—to 'be the person I needed when I was younger.' Developing this skill has, in turn, had immeasurable positive impacts on my ability to show up as a father for my own children."

—E.A., 42 y/o male

"I met Eric during the darkest days of my life, with serious personal, marital, work and health challenges flooding me at the same time. Working with Eric helped me navigate through the overwhelmingly entangled collection of memories, emotions and feelings. His expertise in IFS helped me have a better understanding of the roots of problems, and become more conscious about my incompetencies."

"It took me almost 18 months of work with Eric to get where I am right now, trying to rebuild and raise a happy family. It may take shorter or longer for others, but I can say for sure that working with Eric Sjoberg, you will be in good hands. He knows what he's doing."

—H.G., 42 y/o male

"Eric's work is it. I have been seeking for years, and now I have the tools I need to breathe where I couldn't before."

"Eric's work gets to the root. I consider myself a savvy guy in the world of growth and living well, living consciously. But I have continued to struggle, especially in relationship. I have sought all sorts of help from other therapists, men's groups, spiritual work, body based somatic and nervous system work… I have been around."

"With the latest work I have been doing with Eric, I feel like there is nothing else I need."

—Skeet, San Diego, CA

"As a survivor of stage IIIB breast cancer, I had the imperative need for regaining confidence in my body and life force. Working with Eric helped me to reconnect to a calmer more relaxed place within. His hands and voice were a stabilizing force which allowed me to rest and relax."

"He has a way of patiently listening and intuiting what my body and mind need to feel more peace and wholeness. I am very grateful for his healing energy and caring disposition. I would highly recommend him for anyone who needs comfort and healing in their life."

—Margaret V., La Jolla, CA

"Working with Eric was a transformational experience for me. I felt totally safe in the environment he created and trusted his integrity and intention. During my sessions I was able to move deeper through places in my psyche that I was still resisting."

"His skill, curiosity and interest in my exploration gently encouraged me to open to previously unknown inner territory. The experience and energetic movement created changes that continue to have an impact on me in my life. I am looking forward to my next session!"

—Teri T., San Diego, CA

"Eric saved my life. After years of work with ADHD and PTSD, Eric had me on my feet and running within a matter of weeks. His kind heart and keen intuition combined with such a gentle bedside manner made it easy to allow him into my life where others had failed."

"Within my first sessions I was getting results, I felt free and empowered to accomplish what seemed so overwhelming for most of my life. I feel balanced and am no longer operating in reaction mode. It has even drawn the attention of those around me, they tell me how happy I look all the time."

—Chris H., San Diego, CA

"Eric helped me transform my 'dark night of the soul' into a source of power, joy and ease in my life. The work we have done together has permanently released the obstacles to having an epic relationship with my beloved, and I am forever changed, and grateful."

—Dawn G., San Diego, CA

READY TO EXPLORE WORKING TOGETHER?

If you sense there's more beneath the surface—patterns you can't quite name, but feel running through your relationships, your work, your sense of self—let's talk.

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Our cravings, our grief and our aversions all live as sensations in the body. Below some threshold of presence with ourselves, they push us away from ourselves; above it, the same discomfort can draw us further in. I made a short free course about this, called Within.

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