Rachel Mackey, LCPC-S
(They/She)
About Rachel
Rachel is a licensed therapist in Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah with over a decade of experience working with people in therapeutic settings. They are also a dog parent, auntie, bird nerd, passionate community member, and advocate. Rachel received her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a dual emphasis in Somatic Psychotherapy and Social Justice Counseling from Prescott College. They enjoy supporting folks who are feeling confused, disconnected from themselves, overwhelmed, anxious, or conflicted about who they are and how to be their most authentic selves. Whether you’re a struggling parent, big-feeling human, recovering from complex PTSD, in transition, or someone just trying to navigate this wild world, Rachel would love to meet you where you’re at.
When not working, you can find Rachel and their pup, Ollie, connecting with community or the natural world through mountain biking, hiking and trail running, skiing, expressing themself through their fashion, cooking, and floating rivers.
Rachel’s Philosophy
Rachel is passionate about healing in relationship to the clients they work with, knowing we all have innate wisdom that sometimes needs to be just held and witnessed. She is especially drawn to working with her community of Queer and Neurodivergent folks who are navigating the challenges of living their lives authentically. They bring warmth, curiosity, playfulness, and compassion to their work. Rachel wants to support you in connecting to your own wisdom while challenging the power structures that can be inherent in counselor-client relationships. They strive to help you see how your context shapes suffering and is connected to broader systems of power, and recognize the brilliance of your adaptations to living and being raised in unwell systems.
Understanding that we experience the world through our bodies and nervous systems, Rachel works with you to explore learned patterns, develop a stronger attachment to yourself, and experience new ways of being and connecting to yourself and others. They are trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR Trauma-Informed Stabilization (TIST), Internal Family Systems, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and Synergetic Play Therapy. If you are curious to learn more about these modalities you can visit:
https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org
https://synergeticplaytherapy.com
Rachel has specialized training in working with complex PTSD, the LGBTQIA+ population and Neurodivergent folks.
Contact Rachel at rachel@rootedtherapycoop.com.