LPC, 12 years of experience
As a culturally- sensitive person and counselor, I strive to build relationships where my clients feel connected and fully accepted in a safe and compassionate environment. I enjoy working from a collaborative, strengths-based approach; assisting and supporting my clients to be change agent of their own lives. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, disruptive behaviors, relationship challenges, self-esteem, trauma, life transitions and issues relating to race, culture, gender and religion. In working alongside my clients, I utilize interventions to facilitate my client’s discovery of their own strengths, resilience, and power as they heal. Life is full of challenges, I am here to empower you to navigate these changes with an open heart. Therapy = ACTION!
Clients can expect a very relaxing and welcoming intake session. Intake is scary, for all... I know this can be a very stressful experience, but my warmth and kindness hopefully makes clients want to share.
As a therapist, I believe that my kindness and transparency to help others is easy to recognize. And because of this, developing meaningful therapeutic relationships is my greatest strength. I am not here to judge you, I am here to empower you.
I enjoy working with young professionals, teenagers, middle aged women and those struggling with transitions in life. My goal is to equip my clients to build an invisible backpack of tools and strategies that they can use when needed (think Dora the Explorer).
I believe CBT and DBT allows a person to take responsibility of their thoughts and actions to enable a transformative approach to setting and reaching their personal goals. I enjoy using this very successful approach because it drives and produce results.
As someone who thrives on developing and maintaining relationships, this cannot be accomplished without compassion and empathy. I believe care and compassion is at the forefront of developing a great therapeutic relationship.
SFBT is great for short term goal setting and this has been successful especially in the academic setting. Clients are able to focus on the goal and activates collaboration early in the treatment process.
I use mindfulness in the majority of my sessions because it is important for us to focus on the present and recognize our automatic thoughts and feelings. It is important for us to take a step back and recognize our surroundings and how it impacts our peace. A few mindfulness strategies I like to use are grounding, meditation, noticing, breathing, journaling, body scans and reflection.
2 ratings with written reviews
July 21, 2025
Rachel is very compassionate. She listens and make recommendations on what I need to work on.
May 29, 2025
She was very open and I felt really heard. She made me feel comfortable discussing my issues