Rachel Graves

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University and a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Through my formal training,I use practical approaches to facilitate change working with children, adolescents, and adults. I have received certification in evidence-based approaches to treating trauma including Trauma-Focused- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and training in Eye Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing (EMDR).

My orientation toward therapy is grounded in a humanistic perspective that holds individuals are inherently motivated toward well-being and self-actualization. From an advocacy orientation, we will utilize empowerment strategies and identify external barriers that inhibit individual development and self-advocacy skills and work through traumatic experiences and impacts from life experiences to return you to healthy functioning.

Given a safe and supportive environment, I believe, most individuals embrace opportunities and insight to work toward changing negative patterns in their lives and to find hope and healing.