Hello! I'm Rachel. I'm here to help you get to know yourself better. Let's explore the patterns you've picked up and the parts of you that don't usually get airtime, without judgment and at your own pace. I center your values and your agency; you're the expert on your life, and I'm here to walk alongside you. If this sounds like the kind of space you've been looking for, I'd love to hear from you.
In our work together, you can expect an emphasis on your agency and values, exploration of patterns across your life, and curiosity about the relationships, systems, and experiences that have shaped you. My style tends to be reflective and gentle; I'll ask more than I'll tell, but I'll be honest with you along the way. We'll move between insight and emotional processing, making sense of the past in ways that give you more choice in the present - not just more understanding of it. Your story, precious and sacred, will be held with care as we get to know the different parts of you and give them space to be known. More than anything, I hope you leave our sessions feeling less alone with whatever you walked in carrying.
I'm Rachel Reynolds, and I work with people who wish to understand themselves with more curiosity and less judgment. I especially enjoy working with clients navigating identity and life transitions, relationship and attachment patterns, and the quieter, harder-to-name kind of distress that can come from carrying old patterns you didn't choose. If you've ever felt like something is “wrong” with you, I want to help you get to a different question: what is this pattern trying to do, and what does it need?
My clinical approach is relational and psychodynamic at its core, with attachment theory, coherence therapy, and personcentered principles woven throughout. I believe people make sense within the context of their relationships, histories, bodies, and larger systems. In practice, that means I care less about labeling symptoms and more about understanding them. Much of what looks like dysfunction is actually an adaptation that made sense at some point, even if it no longer fits the life you're living. In session, expect more questions than instructions. We'll explore patterns, relationships, emotions, and the stories you've learned to tell about yourself, while paying attention to what happens both within you and between us.
I hold a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Whitworth University, and my clinical thinking has been shaped by feminist theory, relational-cultural frameworks, and depth psychology, alongside an ongoing commitment to cultural humility. I don't believe competence is something you finish earning; therapy requires continued curiosity about ourselves, our clients, and the systems we participate in .
Above all, I want you to leave our work together with more agency, more self-compassion, and a story about yourself that finally feels like yours.