Rachael Izquierdo, LMFT

Rachael Izquierdo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of experience. She offers calm, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting strain, relationship tension, or big life changes. Her style is straightforward and warm, aimed at making therapy useful from the first sessions.

Rachael uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and try small, concrete changes. She combines that with a client-centered way of listening so each plan fits a person's life and priorities. Emotionally-focused methods are used when relationship or attachment concerns are central to the issue.

Her background includes long clinical experience in Florida working with concerns such as depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, and intimacy-related problems. She also focuses on adoption and foster care issues, attachment struggles, eating and body image concerns, and communication problems that affect daily life.

Sessions often include mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing to strengthen motivation and build coping skills. Rachael aims to teach tools people can use outside sessions so progress continues between meetings. She balances practical strategies with attention to feelings and connection.

Outside of work she maintains a strong work-life balance and enjoys yoga, cooking, music, and time with her husband, children, and two dogs. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, focused on helping people make manageable changes that fit their everyday lives.

Practical approaches for online therapy

Rachael often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and day-to-day coping because it focuses on clear steps and measurable changes.

She also works in a client-centered way that emphasizes listening and shaping the work around each person's goals. This approach helps people feel heard and helps build a plan that fits their life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when attachment or relationship patterns are central, helping people notice interaction cycles and create different responses.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Rachael will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together she helps decide whether CBT, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness practices, or a mix of methods will best meet a client's needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging is useful for quick check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options let people access care around work, family, or travel schedules while using approaches that can be applied in everyday life.