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About Heartwood Therapy
I work with anyone seeking healing and growth that wants to explore and learn more about themselves and their nervous system responses to the world around them. With expertise in trauma informed therapy and somatic therapy, I am able to take on big traumas and adverse experiences. I also specialize in working with other mental health therapists, social workers, or professional and personal helpers.
WHY HEARTWOOD?
Strength & Support
Heartwood is the center core of a tree that gives trees their strength, and supports their growth. Heartwood is created when a new ring of growth forms around the trunk or branches, turning the matured parts inward to the core or heart of the tree.
Heartwood Therapy believes that beneath layers of trauma, stress, depression, and anxiety, lives our mind and body's natural ability to heal and grow. Our bodies, like the trees, can turn our wisdom into strength.
MEET YOUR COLORADO-BASED TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPIST
Rachel’s Professional Experience
Rachel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been working in the mental health profession since 2013. She has experience as a mental health crisis responder, domestic violence and sexual assault responder and advocate, animal assisted therapist, and outpatient therapist for an inner city mental health clinic. Rachel also spent 4 years as the Program Director for a Denver non profit developing trauma informed approaches to help participants coming out of incarceration work towards self sufficiency.
She has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Denver and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Rachel served 2 AmeriCorps positions where she received extensive training on trauma to provide services to victims of violence. She is trained in EMDR, Hakomi, holds a Registered Yoga Teacher 500 hour Certification through the Yoga Alliance and is currently participating in Dr. Peter Levine's 3 year trauma healing Somatic Experiencing program. Rachel integrates her creativity, love of nature, and trauma perspective into session to strengthen identity and trust in your inner self.
Rachel grew up on the east coast and now lives in the mountains with her dogs, cats, and chickens. She considers herself an art, music, nature and movement enthusiast and loves all Colorado has to offer.
