Healing through Compassion
Are you tired of always the same "problems"?
For some, the need for guidance is clear—whether it’s the weight of declining mental health, ADHD taking over, the lingering grip of a traumatic event, or struggles with substance use. You may be navigating PTSD or battling intrusive thoughts, feeling as though life is spiralling out of control.
For others, it’s more subtle. Perhaps you’re feeling suffocated at work, constantly running out of time, or struggling with unexplained anxiety. Maybe you’re stuck in repeating patterns of unhealthy relationships, battling burnout, or lacking the resilience to manage everyday stress. These are often signs that a deeper level of self-awareness and healing is needed.
Life can be challenging, and many of us find ourselves stuck in repeating cycles—whether it’s anxiety, addictions, strained relationships, or feelings of overwhelm—that prevent us from living fulfilling lives.
Sounds familiar?
Often, we haven’t learned how to truly connect with ourselves, understand our core needs and boundaries, or practice self-validation. This is where compassionate inquiry sessions including powerful tools like Internal Family Systems (IFS) and mindfulness, can help you break free from these patterns and discover the wholeness you deserve.
How can I help you?
I combine my personal and professional experiences to offer a unique approach to helping others. I utilize Compassionate Inquiry, Internal Family Systems, and mindful lifestyle strategies to guide clients in reconnecting with their inner selves. Through this process, my clients can see and express their truth—often for the first time—and develop a deeper sense of self-awareness and authenticity.
I have spent 18 months training under Dr. Gabor Maté, a Hungarian-Canadian expert in mental and physical health, addiction, and trauma, through his Compassionate Inquiry program. This training allowed me to collaborate with professionals from around the world and deepen my expertise in helping individuals heal and transform.
My inner journey began with meditation, which taught me the importance of stillness and self-reflection. I acknowledge the courage and determination required to face internal challenges, likening the process to stirring up the dirt before finding clarity. With the guidance of great teachers, I continue to reconnect with my authentic self and use those lessons to inspire and support others on their path. I recognize the effects of humanity’s disconnection from essential tools such as nature and rites of passage during different stages of life—including trauma, grief, and loss. By reintroducing these elements alongside various methodologies, clients can reconnect with their essential nature and become fully authentic beings with strong boundaries, heightened awareness, and deep compassion.
Currently, I am training with grief expert David Kessler to deepen my practice and assist individuals experiencing all forms of grief and loss.
I believe grief isn’t just about losing a loved one—it can arise from relationship changes, identity shifts, career transitions, or the loss of a dream. When we engage in therapy, grief often surfaces: grief for a lost childhood, an unavailable parent, or missed time.
Whether you’re navigating deep sorrow, unresolved grief, or a major life change, I offer a safe, compassionate space to explore your emotions and find a path forward.
How I Can Support You
1:1 Grief & Trauma Coaching – Personalized, trauma-informed support for processing loss and deep emotions, and reconnecting with inner self. Navigating Life Transitions – Guidance through identity shifts, career changes, and personal transformation. Somatic & Mindfulness Practices – Tools to reconnect with your body, emotions, and inner wisdom. Finding Meaning After Loss – Supporting you in integrating grief and rediscovering purpose. Rites of Passage & Threshold Work – Honoring transitions with intention and depth.
Let’s Connect
You don’t have to navigate grief alone. If you’re ready to start healing, I’d love to support you. [Book a free discovery call] or reach out to learn more.
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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'It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.' -D.W. Winnicott
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 – and as a result work together with some amazing people in the field from all over the world.
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