About Rachel
Rachel Gordon-Eldred is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people feel calmer and more centered so they can connect with themselves and others. Rachel offers a steady presence and listens without judgment when clients bring fear, sadness, or uncertainty.
She uses straightforward conversation to help clients think through hard situations and find practical ways forward. Her style aims to help people regulate strong emotions and develop a clearer sense of what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions often include problem-solving and moments to reflect on personal strengths. Rachel has substantial experience supporting parents of children who have faced loss, trauma, ADHD, or autism spectrum differences. She also works with caregivers and people dealing with grief and end-of-life concerns.
She does not use behavioral approaches such as ABA. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to address stress, anxiety, and trauma. Dialectical behavior strategies and solution-focused work are used when useful to build coping skills and create manageable goals.
Clients can expect a respectful, collaborative relationship that centers their experience. Rachel aims to help people reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and make choices that fit their values and daily life. She practices in California and conducts sessions in English.
How Rachel’s approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions use that lens to help people notice patterns in relationships and practice different ways of relating. Client-centered therapy focuses on attentive listening and meeting people where they are; the therapist follows the client’s lead to explore concerns and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and builds practical steps to change behaviors and reduce anxiety and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rachel will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust as progress unfolds, keeping the work collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep steady work on stress, anxiety, and family concerns.
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What this therapist works with
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- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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