Licensed to practice in California and accepts 48 insurances. Specializes in Child or Adolescent, Couples Counseling and 9 more.
Rachel Howard
(she/her)
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist and I have experience with children, adults, couples, and families in a therapeutic capacity. I specialize in trauma and family therapy. I describe my approach as compassionate, grounded, and I enjoy using active listening. While working with you, I hold the knowing and belief that each of us are naturally moving toward health and healing. We are all born with an innate and inherent wholeness that can often get lost in our culture or from traumas where help was not available at that time. I hold a heartfelt and safe space for the natural healing process.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
We will get to know each other and start to form a connection, and I will nurture a safe space for you.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I am holistic minded, compassionate, grounded, and I enjoy using active listening to allow for more understanding.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I specialize with issues related to trauma, self-esteem, parenting, life transitions, as well as family and couple's problems. I enjoy fostering new skills with my clients such as communication skills, goal setting, and skills related to coping with stress. Other topics I welcome to your sessions include but are not limited to day to day life stressors, emotional coping, changes in your life, and life balance.
Specialties
Top specialties
Child or Adolescent
Couples Counseling
Other specialties
Anger Management
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Family Therapy
Life Transitions
School Issues
Self Esteem
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
I identify as
Prefer not to say
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Children (6 to 12)
Teenagers (13 to 17)
Licensed in
California
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Ambetter from Health Net
Amerihealth Administrators
Anthem
Blue Cross
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Shield
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
Sutter Health Plan
IHSS Healthy Workers
Cash - $180 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Scripps Health Plan
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Supportive
Object Relational approach in therapy comes from psychoanalytic psychology. As a therapist, I can see what an impact our childhood environment and our earliest relationships can have on us, this could be our mother, father, or caregiver. When the attachment is not secure and healthy, this can often be the root of struggles we may have within ourselves or within relationships throughout life. Although I often look through an Object Relational lens; as I get to know my clients, I often see what approach works best for them. I am an eclectic therapist and have studied many theoretical approaches and I use several. I also love to use Art Therapy and Mindfulness practices in therapy as well.
5 ratings with written reviews
June 10, 2026
Rachel helped to come up with concrete examples/tools to use in regards to topics discussed. I would describe Rachel as warm and gentle.
Verified client, age 35-44
December 27, 2025
I feel validated in my feelings and actions after meeting with Rachel. She helps me flesh out some reasons why I may feel certain things and it’s been really good for me.
Verified client, age 45-54
October 10, 2025
I appreciate that Rachel is a good listener, she's considerate and helps me validate how I'm feeling. She's very kind and caring, and it's nice to have a therapist like that!