Racheal Machaka
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with more that 8+ yrs of experience. I work with young adults, adults and adolescents with a range of challenges to include , anxiety, self harm, depression, PTSD, life adjustments stressors, relationship challenges, low self esteem, mood regulation, boundary setting in relationships and women's issues .
Understanding that every client's needs are different and focusing on building rapport, identifying effective goals for treatment and utilizing a client centered approach.
My goal is to collaborate with clients in exploring the root cause and identify coping skills that work for them.
First session
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions building rapport, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Strengths
Understanding that every client's needs are different and focusing on building rapport, identifying effective goals for treatment and utilizing a client centered approach.
Ideal clients
I work with young adults and adults in navigating life's stressors, adjustments to new phases of life, anxiety with managing relationships, managing relationships, work related stressors , navigating changing relationships, social skills and addressing symptoms of depression and trauma.
Treatment methods
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma Informed Care is an awareness of how trauma impacts all aspects of one's life. Trauma therapy recognizes the presence of trauma signs and symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma may presently play and may have played in an individual's life. The goal of trauma therapy is to allow someone to process their feelings and emotions connected to the traumatizing event and to no longer allow the event to adversely impact or affect one's daily life. Trauma recovery is believed to occur in (3) main stages: safety and stabilization; remembrance and mourning; and reconnection and integration. EMDR techniques utilized to address trauma.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Explore the connection between our thoughts (cognitions), behavior and emotions. Learn how to slow this process down to manage symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety.
Trauma-Focused CBT
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is designed to help individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences. This approach combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with trauma-sensitive principles to address the impact of trauma on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Through TF-CBT, we work together to understand and reframe distressing thoughts, develop coping skills, and gradually confront and resolve the trauma, all while ensuring a supportive and safe therapeutic environment.
Eclectic
Eclectic Therapy is an approach that draws on multiple and the most relevant theoretical orientations, techniques, and evidence-based treatment modalities to formulate a tailored and individualized treatment plan.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Women's Issues
Other specialties
Grief
Life Transitions
Mood Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Parenting
Phobias
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Trauma and PTSD
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)