Rachel Van Beaver (she/her)

Accepting Clients

We all have a story to tell. I am passionate about supporting folks in finding belonging, acceptance & hope in their own story.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in New York

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

My areas of speciality are eating disorders and disordered eating, depression, social anxiety, perfectionism, and trauma (including having a loved one with BPD). I work in particular with women exploring queerness and/or bisexuality for the first time. I have a background in astrology and weave it into my work with clients who also resonate with this wisdom tradition.

My Background and Approach

I work with folks who tend to have a loud inner critic, worry they are a bad person or blame themselves when something goes wrong. I work with my clients on discovering how they came to develop their inner critic based on cultural, familial, and societal messaging + systems of oppression. We then explore how they want to relate to themself outside of external pressures and norms. I also work from a somatic perspective. I am really passionate about supporting folks in learning how to connect back to their body. I find this piece is really important in change work. So often, we know one thing and do another. I believe that by forming a relationship to one's body, we can learn how to pause long enough to begin to make new choices for ourselves that align with our most authentic inner self. I am trained in EMDR and mindfulness practices and tend to use either or both in supporting the folks I work with in fostering a connection back to their body.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

Healing doesn't happen in a silo, but through developing trusting and caring relationships. I believe the most foundational piece of a successful therapy is the connection you feel with your therapist. At the core of this for me is listening to and honoring how you define yourself and your experiences. I am passionate about doing my own inner work and being in therapy myself. This has been really helpful for me, so that I too have a soft place to land when it comes to feeling into the complicated, messy and beautiful parts of my own experience being a human. If any of this resonates with you, feel free to reach out!

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Internal Family Systems Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Psychodynamic Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Depression Eating Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Other Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Body Image Issues
  • Codependency
  • Family Conflict
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Spirituality
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Oscar
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 7 years of practice
  • Rate: $150 - 225/session

Reach out to Rachel