Rachel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified, with a client centered, motivational approach to therapy. She focuses on collaborating with clients and meeting them where they are at in their life journey. Using a strength-based, trauma informed approach to counseling, she works with clients to find and master skills that can help to facilitate change and improve overall well being and health.
Rachel believes building relationships is that the most important indicator of success in therapy. She focuses on ensuring that each client feels heard and respected, while working to build a foundation of trust, and believes that everyone brings their own story and experiences to the client/therapist relationship. Rachel’s approach is collaborative, providing guidance while gently challenging clients, when therapeutically necessary.
Rachel possesses a Bachelor’ s degree from the University of Maryland in Family Studies and a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified (LCSW-C), Rachel works with a wide variety of clients in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, and private practice. Her experience includes working with young adults with mental illness, or co-occurring disorders. Her expertise includes relationship issues, personal development, depression and anxiety issues, trauma, autism, attention issues and executive functioning, Rachel is a passionate therapist who believes that therapy should be a positive experience for each individual while motivating positive change and a more fulfilling life.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Eating disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching
MD LCSW-C 12569
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She’s wonderful
Written on Jul 19, 2023 after therapy with Rachel for 3 years and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
I love Rachel, so happy she is my therapist
Written on Dec 17, 2022 after therapy with Rachel for 2 years and 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
I am grateful to have Rachel as my therapist. She is like a mom to me :)
Written on Jun 12, 2022 after therapy with Rachel for 1 year and 8 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, career difficulties, and bipolar disorder
Helpful and kind
Written on Mar 01, 2022 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, and adhd
Great therapist and checks in on a weekly basis.
Written on Jan 03, 2022 after therapy with Rachel for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
She is very good at recognizing what I am trying to say. She helps me organize my thoughts
Written on Oct 03, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 2 months