Meet Rachelle, RP, CCC

This Work May Be a Good Fit If…

-You have experienced relational hurts that lead you to mistrust others and yourself. 

-You struggle with self-authority and self-sovereignty.

-You find connecting with others terrifying, dissastifying and hurtful yet you long to feel connected.

-You chronically experience feeling like you are on the outside.

-You chronically feel your needs go unmet.

-You experience chronic shame, self-doubt, or low self-worth.

-You have excessively high standards for yourself and/or others.

-You feel angry, irritated, disatisfied and stressed.

-You experience challenges with emotional or nervous system regulation.

-You may have an insecure attachment that makes relating feel imbalanced or exhausting.

-You may have Complex PTSD/relational trauma.

-Yoy experience anxiety, emotional reactivity, or overwhelm.

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Many of my clients are outwardly high-functioning, and internally they experience many doubts, questions and fears that they do not show the world.  Therapy becomes a place to slow down in order to recognize what is happening internally, and slowly over time to develop new neural pathways, increased agency, and build a more secure relationship with yourself and others.

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This work is for adults (18+) who want meaningful, lasting change, not quick fixes.

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.About Rachelle

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) and Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with training in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR). Both of these  approaches address complex and developmental trauma rooted in early life experiences, including pre-verbal trauma.

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked as a yoga teacher and clinician in holistic health. Over time, I came to understand that while mindfulness and body-based practices can be supportive, relational trauma often does not resolve through these practices alone. 

We heal in relationship. That said, through our work together, I want you to begin developing the kind of relationship with yourself that you’ve always longed for from others, and to learn how to be there for yourself in the ways you were neglected. My aim for you is to begin to experince self -attunement, and the capacity to be with yourself in new, supportive, life-giving ways.

.What You Can Expect in Sessions

Our work is experiential and collaborative, integrating both body and mind.

-NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM): Resolve complex and attachment-based trauma by working with patterns in the present moment. 

-Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR): Process and resolve shock and early trauma stored in the brainstem without needing to re-live or re-experience painful narratives or memories.

-Internal Family Systems (IFS): Increase self-compassion and self-connection and understand protective parts that may be keeping you from what you want in life

-Brainspotting: Use of eye position to process trauma somatically.

Therapy here is not about convincing yourself to be different. It’s about helping your system feel safe enough to expand and re-organize from the inside out

Therapy begins with connection. If you’re curious whether this work will be a good fit, let’s find out together.