Rachel Max

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and have been in the mental health field since 2016. I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and I prioritize a flexible, collaborative approach to your treatment where your needs, safety, and wellbeing are at the center. I have a master’s in social work from SDSU and completed my bachelor’s in music at Kenyon College. I am a certified yoga instructor, lover of food, cooking, and baking, and thoroughly enjoy long walks.

I understand that the therapeutic relationship, based on trust, non-judgement, and safety, comes before all other things in our work together. I help individuals who feel stuck, who struggle to feel comfortable being with themselves or with others, who find their emotions to be overwhelming or avoid difficult emotions altogether, who feel numb or simply don't want to feel anything, who feel trapped by their anxiety, or feel like life is unfulfilling, like something is missing.

In my experience, the path toward building a life worth living is to practice getting present, experience feeling fully and wholeheartedly, take action where you can, and learn when and where to soften. You can expect to explore all of those things in session with me in creative, sometimes silly, and other times profound, and certainly unexpected ways.