Counseling for Anxiety & Depression

Therapist in San Luis Obispo, California

The symptoms of anxiety and depression are weighing you down. The hopelessness, incessant worry, and effects on your appetite and sleep patterns are getting difficult to manage. You know your mental health is suffering but it feels difficult to know where to start. Sometimes you are desperate for a way out of these feelings- you want them to stop now. Other times you hardly have the energy and motivation to get through your day. 

You are a hard worker and can be perfectionistic. Those around you might be surprised to know exactly how much you are suffering because you know how to put on a brave face. Only a select few friends and family members might be aware of how you’re really feeling.

People Don’t Fake Being Sick, they Fake Being Well

It can be hard to validate your own experience because you have always expected so much of yourself. But there is some inner part of you that is searching, and ended up here, wanting help. Seeking relief and searching for peace.

I help individuals suffering from depression and/or anxiety find a way to put their burdens down. To take off the heavy backpack of perfectionism, expectations, guilt, trauma, and pain. Together we will seek to understand your individual experience in-depth, examine how you have already tried to address your concerns, and find methods of coping that are specific to you.

There is No One Size Fits All Solution to Anxiety & Depression

That is why therapy is so important. You’ve likely tried to read some books, listen to podcasts, and perhaps you’ve even meditated a time or two. But in therapy, I make sure our approach is centered around your personality, temperament, and needs.

I am in the Business of Hope

My name is Rachel, and as your therapist, I believe it is less important that I have all the right answers, and more important that I ask you the right questions. I know healing journeys are as unique as fingerprints, and it is my goal to act as a gentle guide in your therapeutic experience.

I utilize narrative therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), EMDR for trauma, and emotionally focused therapy (EFT) in my treatment. But the most important thing for you to know is that when we work together, I am on your team. I will be by your side through the heavy defeats, and I will be a cheerleader through your upcoming successes.

Contact Me

If you find yourself reading this thinking that your backpack is feeling awfully heavy, and you are in need of rest and peace, contact me for a free 15-minute consultation by calling or texting (805)956-8555 or click the link below. Together let’s discover how counseling can make a difference in your life.