My Approach
Are you ready to discover a deeper understanding of yourself?
Some of the most meaningful moments in our lives occur at thresholds—the places between what was and what comes next. These liminal places can feel disorienting and we may not see the path ahead. We may become stuck or stagnant, anxious or depressed. Navigating this terrain with the witness and guidance of another can help us gently begin to trust the way through.
When we experience something overwhelming - a grief or trauma that shatters us, a near-death or altered state that awakens us, a new identity or sense of self that is unknown to us, an illness or diagnosis that frightens us - our psyche often protects itself by fracturing into parts. Therapy can be a place of restoration, soul retrieval, where we gradually call these parts home.
The focus of sessions may vary from personal narratives to the broader reaching implications of intergenerational, societal, cultural, and environmental crises. My holistic approach is threefold - somatic practices and nervous system regulation create the foundation, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and mindfulness support mental clarity, while Jungian and transpersonal integration invites sustained transformation.
Clients are invited to engage in the following methodologies:
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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Somatic and embodied integration
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Transpersonal psychology
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Depth psychology & dream analysis
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Narrative therapy
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Ecopsychology & nature therapy
Grief often leads us to the deeper questions of existence. We grieve people, relationships, identities, dreams, places, communities, futures, and versions of ourselves. We may grieve the changing climate and the loss of biodiversity. We may grieve for our ancestors and the suffering of people around the world.
Our culture asks us to move on from grief. I am more interested in what happens when it becomes our companion. Grief can be painful, but it can also reveal what we love, what matters, and what we are unwilling to become indifferent to. It reconnects us with our capacity to feel deeply and participate fully in our lives. You don't have to overcome your grief. We can get to know it.
Spirituality is welcome here. So are questions about consciousness, mortality, purpose, synchronicity, mystery, and the sacred. You don't need to practice a particular spiritual tradition. You don't even need to consider yourself spiritual. I simply believe that the questions that matter most deeply to us deserve a place in the therapy room.
Who you are in the process of becoming?
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver
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About Me
I'm Rachael, an existential therapist, grief tender, and lifelong explorer of the deeper questions of being human. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in environmental conservation and activism, where I witnessed firsthand how deeply our psychological lives are intertwined with the health of our planet and collective action. That experience continues to shape my work today, particularly with people experiencing climate anxiety, ecological grief, and the complicated emotional reality of caring deeply about a world in crisis.
I was drawn to existential psychology because it makes room for questions that don't have simple answers. What makes life meaningful? How do we live with uncertainty? What does it mean to know that we will die? How do we remain openhearted in a world where loss is inevitable? These questions have become central to the way I practice.
I work with people who tend to have rich inner worlds—people who are highly sensitive, imaginative, intellectual seekers, spiritually curious, deeply feeling, or simply unwilling to accept easy answers. Many are navigating a threshold in their lives: grief, identity change, career transition, questions about spirituality or purpose, neurodivergence, climate distress, burnout, or an experience that has fundamentally changed how they understand themselves. I don't see therapy as a process of fixing what is broken. I see it as a relationship in which we can become curious about the many layers of your experience and discover what becomes possible when you have the freedom to explore them without judgment.
My training gives us different ways of listening—to the body, the imagination, the subconscious, the natural world, and the parts of ourselves that may not communicate through words alone. I am also deeply interested in spirituality and altered states of consciousness. I offer psychedelic integration for people who want a grounded, psychologically informed space to explore harm reduction or experiences that may have been profound, confusing, destabilizing, or difficult to put into words.
Perhaps most importantly, I don't believe I need to have the answers for you. I believe in the wisdom that can emerge when two people become genuinely curious together. You don't have to know where the path leads before you begin walking it.
I'm glad you're here.