About

Rachel graduated from Indiana Wellness College with a Diploma in Sports and Medical Massage and is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Indiana. She is a Somatic Attachment Coach which focuses on preverbal and attachment impacts on adult’s relationship to themself and others. She is also a NARM (Neuro-Affective Relational Model) informed professional who is trained to work with individuals with C-PTSD. Rachel is Cranial Sacral trained and has many years doing energy work. She has daily, hands-on experience in sensory integration, trauma informed approaches, and Neurodivergent strategies. Rachel is fluent in ASL. Rachel has a M.Ed. in Instructional Design and uses a systematic approach to scaffold somatic healing. She has experienced multiple trainings in Trauma integration and wrote a book for parents about childhood dissociation. Personally, she has 5 teens and has daily practice navigating Autism, ADHD, ODD, PTSD, RAD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and BPD. Rachel is passionate about holding space for trauma healing/stabilization that stems from intergenerational rifts including adoption and foster care. She recognizes that ‘5 quick steps to mindfulness’ and other easy ‘fixes' are an attempt to pacify the societal oppression of certain individuals and their communities. Whereas healing is a journey balancing joy and grief, openness and guardedness, and maintaining a balance of awareness and vigilance in a world that is not always safe.