Rachel is a Somatic Trauma Practitioner, PNE Teacher and writer. She holds certifications in Somatic Release Technique (SRT), the Points Holding Process, and PsychoNeuroEnergetics (PNE) through the Somatic Institute in Los Angeles, and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco. Her debut novel, The Fifth Wall (Black Sparrow Books, 2017), was praised by Chris Kraus in i-D Magazine as part of “a new and exciting tradition of female philosophical fiction.”

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Rachel's work bridges body, mind, and consciousness, shaped by a lifelong inquiry into the gut-heart-brain disconnection caused by trauma. After recovering from a rare neurological disorder involving full-body paralysis that required relearning gross motor functioning, and navigating years of a chronic digestive disease alongside persistant symptoms of D-PTSD,  Rachel explored a wide range of alternative healing modalities—including Alexander Technique, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Craniosacral Therapy, and intensive plant medicine ceremonies with fifth-lineage Shipibo Shamans in Pucallpa, Peru. This path ultimately led her to Los Angeles where she discovered PNE, a body-based approach that facilitates deep and lasting nervous system transformation and reconnection with the Self.

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Rachel’s approach integrates the principles of PNE with practices and philosophy from Vedic meditation and non-dualism, craniosacral unwinding, shamanic plant medicine, Somatic Experiencing and polyvagal theory. 

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In addition to her private practice, Rachel has facilitated somatic, grief, and creative writing recovery groups at inpatient rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles. She has trained in Transactional Analysis at the Southeast Institute for Group and Family Therapy, completed a six-month apprenticeship at the Psychedelic Somatic Institute with a focus on supporting clients with complex developmental PTSD through psychobiological resolution, and is currently studying Craniosacral Therapy. She is also immersed in a two-year long Vedic knowledge and application course, and continues to assist her somatic teachers and colleagues in ongoing somatic healing workshops in Los Angeles. Most recently she facilitated a multi-part Somatic Acting Workshop at a local acting studio for students to learn how to reconnect with their bodies and feel emotions safely. She is also developing a four-handed approach to somatic healing with a craniosacral and massage therapist colleague. 

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Rachel proudly works with people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds.