Rachel Levenson

I believe you know yourself better than anyone else ever could, and therapy can help you hear yourself more clearly. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from Florida Atlantic University and experience working with adults navigating substance use and recovery, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationships, and major life transitions.

My approach is collaborative, curious, creative, and grounded in the belief that you are the director of your own life. I’m interested in exploring not only what you think and feel, but also what your body may be communicating, the patterns and experiences that have shaped you, and the different parts of yourself that may be trying to protect, cope, or be heard. I draw from relational, psychodynamic, somatic, and parts-informed approaches, while allowing our work to evolve around what feels most meaningful and useful to you.

And sometimes therapy isn't about solving anything right away. Sometimes you just need someone who can sit beside you in the hard stuff without trying to rush you through it. My hope is that our work together helps you build a relationship with yourself that feels trusting, compassionate, and empowering.

I see therapy as a collaboration rather than a place where someone gives you all the answers. I bring curiosity, openness, and genuine interest in understanding your experience, while you remain the director of the work. Together, we can explore patterns, relationships, emotions, past experiences, and the ways you have learned to cope and protect yourself.

I also believe that our bodies can communicate things that we don't always have words for. I may invite you to slow down and notice what you're experiencing physically, emotionally, and internally, and to become curious about what those experiences might be telling you. My work is relational, psychodynamic, somatic, and parts-informed, while remaining flexible to what you need.

I won't expect you to be "fixed" or have everything figured out. Sometimes we'll challenge patterns and work toward change; other times, the work may simply be learning how to stay present with something difficult. My goal is to create enough trust and safety for you to become more connected to yourself—and ultimately, to trust yourself more deeply.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other and begin figuring out what brought you to therapy and what you hope might feel different with support. I'll want to understand your story, what you're experiencing right now, what has or hasn't helped in the past, and what feels important for us to pay attention to moving forward.

You don't need to arrive with everything organized or know exactly what you want to talk about. You can show up exactly as you are. We'll move at a pace that feels manageable, and I'll make space for questions, uncertainty, emotion, humor, or even not knowing what to say.

By the end of our first session, my hope is that you feel seen rather than assessed, curious rather than pressured, and a little more connected to yourself. We'll identify some initial goals together, but we don't have to figure everything out in one session. Therapy is a relationship, and building trust takes time.