Rachel has been a professional Social Worker for 18 years and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina for 12 years. Since childhood, she has been working to alleviate suffering, stop injustice, nurture belonging, and spread compassion. Her social work roots took hold when she was a child and involved in community service projects with family and friends. From a young age, she was deeply bothered by the discrepancy in living conditions and access to resources and opportunities that were afforded to some and not others. 

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Rachel is engaged in a lifelong commitment to working, personally and professionally, to create a more compassionate and just world. She believes in personal and collective responsibility for alleviating suffering in the world. She believes that feeling a sense of belonging and loving connection to others is critical for personal and collective wellbeing. And she believes this work starts within, which is what has drawn her to a career as a Psychotherapist. For too many people, their inner health and wellbeing has been wounded, and their ability to feel self-love, belonging, and connection to others has been impeded. Rachel helps to heal the wounds caused by things such as shame, trauma, abuse, and loss, and to nurture the wisdom, curiosity, and love that lies within each of us.