Hi, I’m rachel. i’m so glad you’re here.
You, like many others, may be considering therapy because you’re sick of feeling like you have it all together from the outside looking in, but inside you struggle to feel balanced, fulfilled, secure, and “good enough.”
In short, you feel like a hot mess even if you don’t quite look like one.
You struggle with immense pressure to be perfect while feeling fraudulent or undeserving at the same time.
Deep down, you want to have your shit together on the inside AND the outside. You want to feel grounded. And you know you can get there.
Finding the right therapist can be a daunting task. Just the thought of spilling your guts to a stranger can be overwhelming, exhausting, and scary. You’re stressed and you just want to find the right fit.
You want to feel like you’ve landed. This is where I come in. When we finally start working together, you quickly realize: Wow. Therapy with Rachel isn’t half bad. In fact, she’s warm, she makes me laugh, and she’s got my back. She understands me. She tells it like it is. Through connecting with her I’m starting to see my life change before my eyes.
I provide trauma-informed care and integrate specialized tools to help you connect with your emotions, process and heal from painful lived experiences, and explore aspects of your identities, while building self-compassion and self-acceptance.
I am here to support you as you find your way. I’m as passionate about helping you thrive as you are. My focus is on helping you to identify and understand patterns that aren’t serving you, and create lasting growth and change.
My Approach
The care I provide is rooted in building a secure relationship with you and establishing an environment of trust and safety. I approach you with empathy and curiosity as I help you to build inner strength and self-trust.
My Style
Those who know me favor my warmth and humor, and my ambition to show up genuinely and non-judgmentally no matter the circumstance.
My therapeutic style is collaborative, compassionate, and balanced to both meet you where you are, while challenging you to introspect, grow, and work toward you goals. In other words, I have a gift for compassionately calling you on your BS and empowering you to get out of your own way.
Education and Faculty Appointments
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Columbia University Medical Center, 2017-2021
Ph.D in School Psychology, Fordham University
B.A. in Psychology, University of Delaware
“Self-love is a sincere acceptance of the past, an agreement to make the most of the present, and a willingness to allow the best to occur in the future”
– Yung Pueblo
SERVICES
As a New York City therapist, I offer mental health services for teens and adults including therapy for anxiety, therapy for depression, and PTSD therapy, as well as therapy for those who want to improve their relationships and disordered eating treatment, among other speciality areas. I specialize in therapy for women who want to find fulfillment, build self-worth, and become the best version of themselves. I provide online therapy to residents of New York, Connecticut, and Washington D.C.
