Relational Trauma Therapy for Residents of California

Welcome.

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I'm Rachel and I'm glad you're here. I work with adults and teens virtually throughout California and in-person in San Francisco.

If you're here, chances are you've been carrying something heavy for a while. Maybe you've been carrying old wounds that keep surfacing, feeling like you're surviving instead of living, or feeling like you can never just... breathe. Whatever it is, you don't have to navigate it alone.

Our work together acknowledges your pain while also helping you rediscover the:

• wonder

• creativity

• ease

• vitality

• play

• spark

• belonging

• and presence

that belongs to you, always has, always will.

  • Anxiety

  • Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (skin picking, hair pulling)

  • Body Image

  • Burnout & Stress

  • Chronic Pain & Illness

  • Depression

  • Grief & Loss

  • Narcissistic Abuse

  • People pleasing & Perfectionism Patterns

  • Phobias

  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

  • Relationship Struggles

  • Self-worth

  • Sober-curiosity

  • Trauma (Single-event trauma, Complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder)

Areas of Focus

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Therapy Modalities

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Relational therapy focuses on healing through relationship, recognizing that our connection becomes a microcosm of your other relationships. In this space, you can explore and transform how you connect with others while experiencing new ways of being seen, heard, and valued.

Relational Therapy

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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) Therapy uses bilateral eye movements to make traumatic memories less vivid and their respective beliefs less valid, allowing you to create new, empowering meaning from past wounds.

EMDR

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Somatic therapy integrates your whole being — mind, body, and spirit— to access deep healing that goes beyond just talking. By tuning into physical sensations, breath, and movement, this approach helps you stay present with stuck ways of being while reconnecting with your body's natural wisdom and capacity for healing.

Somatic Therapy

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Internal Family Systems helps you get to know the different parts of yourself like your inner critic, people-pleaser, or hurt child and learn to lead from your wise, authentic self. This therapy fosters compassionate dialogue between parts, allowing them to understand each other and work together harmoniously.

Internal Family Systems

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Lifespan Integration is a gentle, body-based approach that uses the creation of timelines to heal trauma without requiring you to go back into the traumatic experience itself. This method helps connect and integrate fragmented memories across your entire life, allowing your nervous system to naturally process wounds and develop a more cohesive sense of self.

Lifespan Integration

The connection between us is everything in this work. I offer complimentary 20-minute consultations so we can get a sense of each other and see if it feels right to work together.

You can reach out to me at (415) 685-3051 or by email at hello@rachelenglandtherapy.com.

If you’d prefer you can also fill out the form to the right and I will reach out to you within 48 hours. I look forward to hearing from you and learning more about what brings you to therapy.

Let’s start with a conversation…