Rachel Staley (she/her/hers)

Through my extensive training in somatic experiencing and attachment repatterning, I help clients transform insecure attachment patterns at their roots—in the nervous system. I specialize in helping you identify how early relationships shaped your current patterns and guide you through body-based practices that create new neural pathways for secure connection.

We will explore and understand your current narrative so that we can focus on providing kindness and compassion towards your inner critic. You will learn to create a practice that is rooted in curiosity and openness so that you can generate acceptance in yourself; just as you are.

I use DBT to help you identify and shift negative thinking patterns, while incorporating mindfulness based skills that will help you regulate your emotions, implement/set boundaries, and communicate effectively.

My early work as a therapist is grounded in CBT, and so this is the modality that I have both the longest and most efficacy in, when challenging anxious thoughts internally with clients. Because of it's structure in nature I allow space for each of my clients to request and identify how much structure they would like in the therapy session. Throughout our work together however, we will work on identifying automatic thoughts so that we can work on shifting them.

I use ACT to help you reconnect with yourself, take purposeful action, and maintain focused yet flexible engagement with your life and what you value.

I operate under the idea that what happens to you in your life is also stored within the body. I incorporate breath work and embodiment practices to help you return to a state of stability within your nervous system.

I help clients understand how relationship anxiety manifests in the body and provide practical tools to regulate your nervous system in triggering situations. Rather than just managing symptoms, we work to transform the underlying physiological responses that keep anxiety cycles in place, allowing you to feel grounded and present.

I use Somatic Experiencing a body-centered approach to help you identify and track physical sensations that signal nervous system dysregulation. By developing awareness of these bodily responses, we can gently discharge stuck energy and reset your system's ability to self-regulate. This creates new experiences of safety, allowing your body to recognize when you're in the present moment rather than reacting to past wounds.

Through IFS, we identify and work with different aspects of your inner world, recognizing that protective parts developed for good reasons. I guide you to connect with these parts with curiosity rather than judgment, understanding their protective roles while accessing your core Self. This approach is particularly powerful for healing attachment wounds and integration of traumatic experiences.

I integrate ACT to help you develop psychological flexibility, distinguishing between thoughts and the person having them. By learning to recognize when you're caught in old stories, you can make conscious choices aligned with your values rather than automatic reactions. This creates space to respond to relationship challenges from your authentic self rather than protective patterns. ​

My approach to trauma healing focuses on the body's stored responses to overwhelming experiences. Using somatic techniques, I help you gently process traumatic memories without retraumatization by working at the edge of your window of tolerance. This allows your nervous system to complete protective responses that were interrupted during traumatic events, restoring your capacity for safety and connection.