Rachel Levy

Do you, all too often, experience situations that feel debilitating and even insurmountable? Are you feeling anxious, depressed, confused, and/or stuck? I specialize in navigating life transitions with the goal of building resilience and post-traumatic growth. I work with clients around issues such as queer identity, divorce, activist burnout, illness, long covid, and bereavement. I have post-graduate training form the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, Narrative Center of Toronto, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the Center for Mediation & Training

I practice a psychodynamic model of therapy, coupled with narrative and interpersonal / relational therapy. I have additional expertise with practical applications of harm reduction and have a separate professional practice as a mediator. I uphold the belief that it is, more often than not, impossible to decouple personal and societal traumas. My interactive approach avoids solely pathologizing clients and, instead, examines the broader communities we occupy & the agency we have to make incremental changes.

I believe in upholding a boundaried, yet egalitarian, relationship between myself as a therapist and you as a client. Our first sessions will focus on how you see yourself, your strengths, and your support systems. I encourage clients to bring music and art into sessions to explore emotions and belief systems. I also collaborate with clients to break down larger problems into actionable next steps using short and longer term goals, as well as prompts.

Prospective clients are asked to contact me directly to set up a consultation - [email protected]