Healing through Compassion
Are You Feeling Stuck, Overwhelmed, or Disconnected?
You’re Not Broken
You’re tired of always being “on.”
Anxious thoughts, emotional fatigue, and repeating the same patterns—again.
Even if your life looks fine on the outside, inside you feel stuck, disconnected, and like something is missing.
It’s not about willpower.
It’s about safely reconnecting with the parts of you that were never allowed to feel, speak, or be.
You don’t need more “coping strategies.”
You need a place to actually process, reconnect, and move forward from the inside out.
Using tools like Compassionate Inquiry, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic practices, I help you:
- Uncover the unconscious beliefs keeping you stuck.
- Reconnect with your authentic self and inner safety.
- Learn how to be present with every aspect that makes you unique, in a compassionate and curious way.
- Build a new relationship with the parts of you that have been in survival mode.
What I do, as a coach, is hold a safe attuned container, where I meet you in compassion, and without judgement. As I have been through the process myself, and continue to do the work on myself, I can help you to learn to validate yourself. By validating your experience, mirroring your experience, and holding you in compassion, I help you to gain a strong sense of self, and help you see that you are a whole, complete being.
You are not broken. There is nothing wrong with you.
Does this sound familiar?
- Emotional overwhelm, anxiety, or shutdown
- Reoccurring patterns that block progress in life
- People-pleasing, codependency, or lack of boundaries
- Grief & Loss
- Suicidal ideation, dark thoughts & feelings
- Always having the feeling of not being good enough
Maybe you want to finally feel good, instead of always feeling that you’re not good enough. Maybe you struggle with dark feelings and thoughts, and have shame around this, believing that something is wrong with you. Maybe you lack trust in others, and in yourself. Maybe you are deeply exhausted from always taking care of others needs, and want to start taking care of yourself. Sounds familiar?
I know first hand how difficult it can be
Years of trauma in childhood, made me a person who always had anxiety lingering, and was in a constant fight flight mode. Depressive states, suicidal ideation, anxiety, were all very familiar to me. After many years of outrunning emotions, and never feeling that I was good enough, I decided to do the deep work at the age of 37. For me, it began with a 10-day meditation practice, that showed me all the subconscious parts that were running my life.
Years of therapy, EMDR, CBT therapy, holistic practices like breath work and years of spiritual work followed. I lived shortly in an ashram in Bali, I became a yoga teacher, and eventually I found my teacher, Gabor Mate. I did a master class with him, and was blown away by the effectiveness of compassionate inquiry. By that time, I was much better, but still always had a “darkness” looming over me. Other modalities that helped others so well, didn’t seem to do it for me, with all the frustration as a result, until compassionate inquiry, and therapy with an Internal family Systems therapist.
I finally entered the compassionate inquiry training, and spent 18 months in training and as an intern with compassionate inquiry.
I bring both professional training and lived experience to guide your healing journey. My approach is grounded, trauma-informed, and centred on deep listening and inner reconnection.
Ever since I have been helping clients reconnect with their essence, their true authentic selves.
Working with me, how does that look like?
- We start with a free 30-minute discovery call. Here you can have a taster of how it feels to work with me. You can ask me any questions, and if it doesn’t feel good, you are completely at liberty to never contact me again.
- If you do decide to work with me, you will receive a link to book a session, depending on your needs. I will never tell you how often, or when to book.
- I sometimes give “homework” depending on your situation, which you are never obliged to do, only if it feels OK for you.
- Sessions are held via zoom, and are 60 minutes.
- Each session has a sliding scale of €50 – €100 depending on your budget. Payments can be done via Stripe, PayPal, Revolut or direct bank transfer.
Education & Certification
2024 IFS Immersion, Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) Across Clinical Applications, Pesi
2023 Becoming a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield, Radical compassion institute
2022 – 2024 Intern at Compassionate Inquiry
2022 Compassionate Inquiry Informed Suicide Attention Training
2022-2023 Compassionate Inquiry Mentee, with Dr.Gabor Maté
2021-2022 Professional course Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner training with Gabor Mate.
2022 Workshop Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Frank Anderson, MD
2022 Workshop Working with trauma: Somatic-based interventions to move clients from surviving to thriving Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT
2022 Conscious Loving Program and Becoming a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with Tara Brach
2022 Psychological First Aid (PFA) through Tel Aviv institute for contemporary Psychoanalysis. Working with Trauma for psychotherapists and medical doctors who meet refugees.
2021 Safety In Connection Workshop, create safety with clients.
2020 Masterclass Healing trauma & addiction – Gabor Mate
2019 Certification On the Science & Somatics of Healing Trauma
2019 RYT 200 Hatha Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, Bali
Feedback & Reviews
“Rachelle is a damn good coach. She listens with so much compassion that it is contagious. A gift so scarce in today’s society. She has guided me into having the same compassion with myself and those around me, strengthening my connections and lifting the heavy weight of shame and self judgement. We wasted no time, her therapy methods made a beeline for my trauma. There were a lot of tears and a hell of a lot of anger but most importantly, a depth of healing. I would recommend her hands down without any reservations. Her personal experiences have collided with her training with Gabor Mate and created a beautiful symphony of therapeutic magic.”
“I have attended several sessions with Rachelle, and honestly they became the time of the week that I am looking forward to. Her presence is calming, grounded, and I can feel I am safely dropping into my body, into the space ready to be held. I have had some eye-opening moments during the seasons and because of Rachelle’s guidance I could walk away from the room with clearer mind and open heart. I feel very grateful to find the therapist with whom I feel safe and understood.”
“This form of therapy has made me understand myself more; my own patterns, insecurities, judgements and has shown me how to be more compassionate towards myself. It has taught me (and still is) to recognise emotions that are linked to past experiences and how they can trigger certain patterns and behaviours. This in return has been very helpful in my relationships with other people.”
“Cannot recommend it enough. This mode of therapy is truly transformational, and I was one of the fortunate ones who can testify to this groundbreaking work and Rachelle is an amazingly talented coach.”
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How can I help you?
I help people with
(complex)-ptsd, anxiety, addiction, therapy during microdosing plant medicine, abuse, feeling lost or stuck in general, overwhelm, grief, suicidal ideation, adhd/add and other mental health challenges, dissociation; anyone who is suffering from the effects of trauma/ recognizes the patterns in their lives that are no longer serving.
For this I use compassionate inquiry (developed by Dr Gabor Mate,) Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness, and Nature practices.
What is Compassionate Inquiry?
Compassionate Inquiry reveals what lies beneath the appearance to the world. It is a (somatic) therapy which exposes and shows the masks that we wear and unconsciously hide behind. Compassionate Inquiry is a method of guided inquiry that looks at the essence of trauma, which is the disconnection from the authentic self.
My Story
I have been able to integrate my personal and professional experience into a unique approach for helping others. Today, I use compassionate inquiry, Internal Family Systems, and mindful lifestyle strategies to help clients experience their truth, and for the first time being able to see and express this, and reconnect with their inner self.
The start of my inner journey was through a meditation practice, and this taught me how we need to find stillness to go within. It takes great courage and determination to keep going, as we first will have to stir up the dirt. With the guidance of great teachers, I continue to reconnect to my authentic self, and use my journey to help others.
I studied for 18 months, training under Compassionate Inquiry from the Hungarian-Canadian doctor, Dr. Gabor Maté – a world leader in mental and physical health, addiction, and trauma. As a result, I work together with some amazing people in the field from all over the world.
MANIFESTO
I recognize the responsibility that I have towards the clients that chose to work with me, as well as towards myself. Therefore, I continue to hold myself accountable with regular supervision of peers, and therapy sessions, to ensure that I can work with my clients from a grounded, centred and non-attached place. I work with therapists who use IFS and Compassionate Inquiry.
I am not a therapist, psychologist, doctor or psychiatrist, and I will be very determined to converse this information to a potential client before working with me. I cannot give anyone medical advice or an official diagnose.