Who I Work With
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Are you an individual with trauma in your past? Are you a parent concerned about your child? Is your family navigating separation, loss, or a difficult transition? Whatever phase of life you or your family are moving through, I am here to help you.
My name is Rachel, and I’m a Registered Social Worker with a Master’s degree in Social Work (2018) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (2016). I bring 10 years of clinical social work experience working with children, teens, adults, and families navigating anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, family transitions and other life challenges.
In therapy, whether individual or family based, we will work together to understand the patterns beneath what you’re experiencing and develop practical strategies you can use in everyday life.
My work with children and youth includes creative arts-based approaches, psychoeducation, and concrete CBT tools for managing the difficulty they’re experiencing. Children’s therapy may also involve parents, or parent-only coaching sessions if this meets the needs of your family.
My work with adults is collaborative and tailored to your individual needs. Together we’ll explore what brings you to therapy, create goals that reflect the change you’d like to see, and consider therapeutic modalities that may help move you towards your goals. Whether you’re experiencing work or family stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, or feeling stuck, I’m here to support you in understanding what you’re experiencing and finding ways to move forward.
For trauma-specific therapy, I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR can be helpful when past experiences continue to affect you in the present. Therapy may focus on experiences such as childhood stress, interpersonal trauma, loss, or other overwhelming events. EMDR does not require you to repeatedly retell the details of what happened. Instead, it helps you reprocess the distressing experiences so that they feel less overwhelming and no longer have the same hold on your emotions and day-to-day life.
My prior work experience involves working as a Child and Family Therapist with Camino Wellbeing & Mental Health where I provided assessment, referral, case coordination, and individual and family therapy to children and youth presenting with mental health concerns. I’ve also provided parent coaching and behavioural consultation and am a trained facilitator in the attachment-based Circles of Security Parenting Program. Additionally, I’ve worked as a therapist in a specialized intensive program for families of children who faced significant mental health challenges, complex developmental trauma, and high needs. I’ve also provided group therapy to families who have experienced domestic violence, and individual therapy and parent coaching to survivors of intimate partner violence.
Asking for help is a big step. Therapy can make a difference, and I’m here to help.
When I’m not at work, I can often be found lost in a forest with my three children, climbing trees or knees deep in a muddy creek.