online OCD, Trauma, and Eating Disorder therapy in California and Utah
Create Your Balance: Release Control, Find Freedom
Learn to let go.
You may feel like your mind never stops — constantly scanning, analyzing, checking, or trying to find certainty and control. Maybe you’re stuck in patterns that once helped you feel safe — overthinking, perfectionism, compulsions, rigid routines, emotional shutdown, or strict rules around food, body image, or daily life — that now feel exhausting and hard to change. Perhaps you’re deeply self-aware and have done a lot of inner work, yet still feel like you’re circling the same struggles without real movement forward.
Therapy can be a place to slow down and make sense of these patterns with curiosity and compassion. Together, we can explore what drives them, loosen their grip, and help you build a more flexible, trusting relationship with yourself — at a pace that feels safe and sustainable.
Sound familiar?
You might be someone who…
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Feels like you’re always thinking, worrying, or analyzing — often without meaning to.
Is outwardly high-functioning but inwardly exhausted by the pressure you put on yourself.
Follows rigid routines or mental rules because the alternative feels too risky or uncertain.
Copes with anxiety by seeking control — through reassurance, rituals, avoidance, restriction, or constant planning.
Finds yourself stuck in cycles of guilt, shame, or “getting it wrong,” whether related to thoughts, relationships, or food and body image.
Hi, I’m Rachel.
I believe you deserve relief and freedom from your worries and obsessions.
I’m a therapist who helps people untangle the mental patterns, protective strategies, and rigid “rules” that keep them caught in anxiety, OCD cycles, trauma responses, or eating disorder-related struggles. My approach is grounded in warmth, curiosity, and collaboration.
I often integrate evidence-based strategies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) with deeper, insight-oriented and trauma-informed work — exploring the “why” beneath the patterns while building tools for meaningful and lasting change. Together, we’ll look at what’s driving your cycles and experiment with new ways of responding that support flexibility, self-trust, and freedom.
You don’t have to have it all figured out before starting. My job is to walk alongside you as we navigate this process together.
How I Can Help
How it Works
What you need now is ease. I’m here to help you simplify the process as you begin your journey.
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Get in touch.
The first step is simply reaching out to get in touch. We’ll schedule a consultation to talk about what’s bringing you here and how therapy might support you.
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Begin the work.
Early sessions focus on understanding your unique patterns, building safety, and setting goals that feel meaningful, challenging, and doable.
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Grow into change.
As we continue our work together, you’ll begin to practice new ways of thinking, feeling and responding. Over time, both your mind and your nervous system can learn that it’s possible to face uncertainty with more trust and less control than you ever thought possible.
You’re not broken — you’re human .
You’re allowed to change. The strategies that once helped you survive — whether that’s control, avoidance, compulsions, emotional numbing, or rigid rules around thinking, feeling, or eating — are no longer serving you, and that’s a sign of growth, not failure.
It’s possible to live without constant mental battles, relentless pressure, or the fear of getting it wrong.
Change doesn’t happen overnight, but it does happen — through small, intentional steps and a willingness to explore what’s possible beyond the patterns that once kept you safe. If you’re ready to start that journey, I’m here to help you take the next step.