about
Hi! I’m Rachel Bodman (she/her).
I had to fight everything in me to not put an exclamation mark after my name. Ironically, what I want most for you is to stop fighting everything within yourself. If you’re interested in the sound of that, please, read on!
Dominant culture trains us to doubt our felt experience in our bodies, minds, and spirits. I want you to recover your sense of knowing.* I want you to have an embodied sense of intuition and self-belief so that you can flourish.
I believe anxiety, depression, trauma, and systems of oppression all interfere with your personal ability to thrive. I want you to be empowered with tools of liberation, so you can be free to listen to your inner wisdom. Some of the tools I use are metaphor, story-telling, spirituality, and cognitive restructuring, in a safe space we create together.
*Knowing: A sense of conviction originating from within you, often in contradiction to learned messages
Training
Masters of Counseling Psychology
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) SAR Training
Northwest Institute on Intimacy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy+
Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center
A little more about Rachel:
I’m a Pacific Northwest transplant who grew up in Southeast Asia, by way of Colorado. I love farm-fresh and fast food almost equally, and my cat Bowie can attest to how many British crime shows I watch on our comfy couch. I love window-shopping in seaside towns, Stevie Wonder, and candles. So many candles.