Rachael Stracka, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

Rachael Stracka, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

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Telehealth Available
Professions: Clinical Social Worker, Counselor, Psychotherapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: LCSW - LCSW 20306
Telephone: 442-237-4337

Billing and Insurance:

I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage

Session Fees: Complimentary phone consultation to see if it seems like a good fit for you. As a group practice, InPsych Center has standard 45-50 minute sessions between $150 - $190. Virtual DBT Skills Women’s Group A professionally run and personalized online group for women experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and difficult transitions. Learn and practice Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Mindfulness and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Details: *8 weeks *Intake & Registration with therapist: $50 *Group Sessions: $280 total (covers 8 sessions at $35 per session) InPsych Center will provide a superbill for you to submit for \"out of network\" coverage through a PPO insurance when appropriate.
Evening Availability

Therapy in:

431 West Grand Ave

Suite 202

Escondido, California, 92025

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What's My Approach to Therapy?

When you don't believe you have a safe person to talk to, you can "hold" things in for a LONG time. You may talk to people, but not feel heard. This leads to personal "secrets," which leads to shame, which leads to anxiety and depression. I have over 20 years experience using evidence based practices such as CBT and EMDR to heal. I encourage you to reach out on behalf of yourself! With a keen ability to understand and connect with people combined with the well rounded knowledge and experience of helping individuals heal and change painful emotional patterns, I'm able to offer you unique and well-informed integrative therapy to help you heal your mind, body, and spirit.

My Practice & Services

As a bilingual Board Certified Diplomate with over 20 years of experience helping adults with anxiety, OCD and trauma (EMDR trained), I have also been successful helping women resolve reproductive and perinatal issues and parenting difficulties. Additional training in immigration evaluations. We invite you to take a look now and learn more about us and how we may help you: https:inpsychcenter.com. Also currently accepting inquiries and registration for our virtual DBT skills group (https:inpsychcenter.comdbt-skills-group).

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I work with clients who may be struggling with anxiety, OCD, trauma and relationship issues with an additional special focus on reproductive and perinatal challenges. Your first session will be a thorough intake assessment so that we can discover exactly what you need help with and make a plan with goals. Most clients start out weekly so that they can see positive changes in a timely manner.

How Psychotherapy Can Help

Psychotherapy can help first by helping you know that you are NOT alone, that you matter, and that you are understood. This is huge in a world of quick fixes and deep disconnect. Second, psychotherapy gives you the opportunity to have someone with education, training, experience, and expertise who is not in your personal life work with you to identify and understand what you need to get out of pain and create the life that you want, whether it is in your personal relationships or the workplace, and then to guide you to achieve it. Third, psychotherapy allows you to have time dedicated solely to you with the main purpose of helping you feel better, have better relationships, and meet the goals that you want to achieve.

My Therapy Focus

I use integrative, evidence-based practices based on the issues you need to address. In the first few sessions, we will determine what symptoms to prioritize. Oftentimes it's most helpful to use a combination of therapy types. I use CBT often - looking at your thoughtsbeliefs and how they affect your feelingsbehavior. I also use EMDR frequently to address past traumas or adverse events.

Why Going to Therapy Does Not Mean You are Weak or Flawed

So often people come in to the office saying that they had wanted to go to therapy a long time ago, but that they thought it was for "really messed up people." This is disappointing because nothing could be further from the truth. This perspective is guided (or misguided) by social stigma. We love therapy! We love being the therapists and love being the clients in therapy! The truth is that most people do not go to therapy or counseling or psychotherapy or whatever you want to call it because they are inherently flawed and sick. They go to therapy because they recognize the value in getting help from an educated, trained, and licensed mental health professional whose whole purpose is to assess, join, and help the person out of pain. This is not flawed or weak, but rather brave and smart. We witness many, many people find their strength, wisdom, clarity, and emotional freedom during therapy. This is no coincidence.

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Client Age Groups I Work With

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Groups I Work With

  • LGBTQ+, abuse survivors, pregnant and new moms, women and men with infertility, Spanish - speaking, parents, anxiety, trauma, reproductive issues, depression, relationship problems, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), perinatal therapy (pre and postpartum)

Industries & Communities Served

  • BIPOC
  • Education
  • First Responder/Medical Professionals
  • LGBTQ+
  • Military/Law Enforcement
  • Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals

Client Challenges & Concerns I Address

  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Breakup
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Caregiver Issues / Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Communication Problems
  • Control Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating and Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Exercise Addiction
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Fear
  • Fertility Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Health / Illness / Medical Issues
  • Immigration issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Incest
  • Individuation
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Military and Veterans Issues
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Pregnancy and Birthing
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sexual Assault / Abuse
  • Sexuality / Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Sleep Issues
  • Social Anxiety / Phobia
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
  • Young Adult Issues

Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods

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