- Client-centered care
- Parenting support
- Grief and loss
About Rachel
Rachel Gordon-Eldred is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people feel more regulated and centered so they can connect with themselves and others. Rachel offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can bring fear, sadness, or uncertainty and be heard.
Her approach centers on listening and following the client's lead while offering practical tools. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person's experience, and adds techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful. Sessions often include talking things through, building coping skills, and learning ways to manage intense emotions.
Rachel has a long history supporting parents of children who are neurodiverse, including those navigating ADHD, Autism Spectrum challenges, and Pathological Demand Avoidance. She does not use applied behavior analysis and emphasizes advocacy and understanding instead of behavior modification. She also works with people facing caregiver strain and communication struggles.
End-of-life issues and grief are another area of experience. Rachel has worked with clients coping with loss and hospice-related concerns, helping them process complex feelings and find meaning. She also addresses life transitions, relationship separation, guilt, shame, and struggles with loneliness.
Her style is collaborative and steady. People can expect straightforward conversation, strategies to reduce stress, and support in clarifying values and life purpose. To begin, follow the site's Start Therapy steps and complete the matching questionnaire.
How Rachel's approaches translate to online care
Rachel often uses Client-Centered Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead to build trust and self-understanding. Attachment-Based approaches look at how early relationships shape current patterns and help people shift those patterns to feel more connected. CBT offers concrete strategies to notice unhelpful thinking and try alternative actions that reduce stress and anxiety.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Rachel will work with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That process can include trying a few techniques, getting feedback, and adjusting the plan as things change.
Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, since formats were not specified in the supplied biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, it can reduce commute time, allow a shorter check-in between commitments, or let someone choose audio over video when that feels better. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like emotion regulation exercises, communication practice, and grief processing to an online setting so the work fits everyday schedules.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rachel focus on?
She supports people facing family stress, parenting challenges, grief, caregiver strain, trauma and abuse, anxiety, stress, ADHD, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is grounded in listening first and guiding second, using Client-Centered Therapy alongside practical skills from CBT and DBT when useful.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Rachel brings 18 years of clinical experience, including long-term support for parents of neurodiverse children and work around grief and end-of-life concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's listed availability.
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