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Rachel is a human who believes we deserve deep belly laughs, endless coffee, lots of dog snuggles and that comfort is a necessity, not a luxury. She also believes very deeply that we all deserve to feel lovable and like we belong. 

Rachel is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Licensed Counselor, a Reiki Master Teacher, and an intuitive healer. She began her career in non-profit, community based organizations. As she got to witness each human's incredible journey, she embarked on her own healing, and found wonderful healers to accompany her journey. Rachel became an SEP in September of 2018, and obtained her master's degree in the following month. She has experience with inpatient treatment centers, behavioral health systems,  foster care agencies, and non-profits, meeting folks both in offices and in homes. Rachel was often sought out in these environments for her unique, flexible, and fluid approach to help individuals facilitate their own healing. She has worked with humans of all ages (0-82) in various capacities, and now spends most of her time in private practice, working with wonderful humans in search of their own intuitive and beautiful healing capacities. 

Healing doesn't need to be hard. You don't have to heal alone. We can find your path to feeling like your whole, authentic self. 

My approach to therapy is to show up as a human first. Together we take some time to get to know each other and our uniqueness. We work together to create a container that feels flexible, comfortable, and safe enough to explore how to find, grow, and nurture your you-ness. Being able to walk with you on your healing journey is a gift, and I am deeply honored to be able to support you.

Meeting ourselves deeply means we'll go through some of the deepest, darkest places of our humanity together. We'll grieve, witness our deepest fears, cry, hold sacred rage, and experience the parts of ourselves longing to be met. It also means we'll learn how to take in and experience the sweetest, most delicious, and joyful parts of life. We'll learn how to allow ourselves to access the good and then we'll learn how to take it all in; the joy, belly laughs, silliness, play, delight and connection. We'll hold these all of pieces as parts of the greater wholeness of ourselves. 

We might also discover places that you find belonging and the reasons you make sense together. I know first-hand the devastating effects of developmental and shock trauma. I know how exhausting and overwhelming it can be to exist, just to continue to feel overwhelmed and hopeless. I also know the deep relief that came with a diagnosis of ADHD in my 30s and realizing I was neurodivergent. All of that to say, I get it. I'm here to honor the wholeness of you, in whatever way you need. If you need a diagnosis, let's talk about what fits. If you don't want a diagnosis and just need some help, I'm your girl. Whatever you need and want to understand, I'm here to lovingly support you through.

Much of my own journey would have been impossible alone, without the help of loving healers, and I feel grateful to be able to work the way I do. I feel very deeply in my soul we are not meant to live through experiences alone - we are made for healing and we are designed to deeply connect with ourselves and with others. We are designed to feel like we belong.


When we are held empathetically and wholly, we begin to find access to our true and natural healing potential. We make sense. We begin to see ourselves as more than just our survival patterns. We begin to find, discover, meet, and even love ourselves. We get to see, understand, and love the very complex pieces of ourselves that make us human. We become and embrace who we are meant to be.  

You deserve to be witnessed in all of your humanness. 
I'd be honored to be a part of your journey. 

Education, Licensure, & Certifications

Licensed Professional Counselor 
     Arizona LPC 20578
     California LPCC 17345

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP (2018)
  • Coordinates & Assists trainings to support
    students in learning and integrating the SE model 
  • Provides SE personal sessions/consults to SE students  (2018-current)

Advanced Post-Graduate Training with Dr. Kathy Kain
      Touch Skills for Trauma Therapists (2018)
      Somatic Resilience & Regulation with Dr. Terrell (2020)
      Coupling Dynamics (2022)

Advanced Post-Graduate Training with Dr. Peter Levine
     Eye of the Needle 1 & 2 (2022)
  • focus on resolving , medical, surgical, and near-death experiences

Advanced Post-Graduate Training with Dr. Aline LaPierre In NeuroAffective Touch (2024)

Therapeutic Massage Certification - Pima Community College (In Progress)

Birth Doula Training (2024)

Internal Family Systems - IFS Circle (2023)

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Foundational 20 hour Training (2023)

Registered Yoga Teacher(RYT)/Yoga Teacher Training (2023)

Biodynamic Craniosacral Work  
ongoing with Heidi Wilson (2023 - current)

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Basics Training (2020)

Master's Degree in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University (2018)

Usui Reiki Master Teacher Training (2015)

Bachelor's Degree in Family Studies & Human Development from The University of Arizona (2014)



 

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Finding the path to healing can feel confusing and overwhelming and it doesn't need to be.
You don't have to heal alone. We can find a way together. I'll walk every step of the way with you, until you no longer need me. 

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