Rachel believes that stories are sacred. Stories of healing unfold with healthier pathways when they are in a safe and non-judgmental space. She honors the privilege of coming alongside her clients in creating those new paths, and respectfully restoring old ones. Rachel utilizes each client’s strengths, values, interests, learning style, and goals to develop a treatment plan that best meets their needs. This might incorporate talk, play, art, or somatic/movement approaches as appropriate for each client.

Rachel utilizes DBT and ABA for clients who benefit from a structured approach of learning, modeling, practicing, and implementing new coping skills that improve overall functioning. With children and adolescents, she will usually apply narrative, creative art and play, movement, and attachment-informed approaches. With teens and adults, Rachel will often use trauma-informed Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), family systems, and somatic interventions adapted from EMDR.