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Raelle Kaplan, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Raelle Kaplan, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Northfield, Vermont
VerifiedTelehealth Available

Professions: Clinical Social Worker

Languages: English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian

Telephone: 978-363-6843

My Approach to Therapy

I create a space where you're seen as a whole person, not just symptoms. My sessions are real, flexible, and trauma-informed, blending practical tools, somatic approaches, and honest human connection. I help clients navigate life's challenges, build resilience, and leave feeling empowered to handle both personal and systemic stress. I've always been drawn to helping people navigate the messy, hard parts of life. I've worked in inpatient psych units, community mental health, and telehealth with folx across the lifespan. My approach is trauma-informed, practical, and human, shaped by the understanding that therapy is political and about helping clients build tools to survive -- and thrive -- in this trauma factory we call life. If you want a therapist who's real, direct, and validating, we might click. I show up as a human, not a blank-slate robot. I might swear, fidget, or color in session if it's helpful. Sessions are collaborative -- you'll set the pace, and I'll bring curiosity, compassion, and practical tools. I love working with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and perinatal mental health. I love learning and trying new approaches that help my clients. I focus on trauma-informed care, somatic modalities, perinatal mental health, and approaches that support LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and BIPOC folx. For me, learning is about building practical strategies so clients can survive -- and resist -- the trauma factory that life throws at us, and leave therapy feeling more capable, grounded, and empowered.

Expertise & Specialties

Age Groups I Work With

TeensAdults

Groups I Work With

My practice focuses on working with adults navigating the effects of trauma, major life transitions, and complex emotional experiences. I frequently work with individuals who are seeking trauma-informed therapy for concerns such as complex trauma (C-PTSD), childhood trauma, relational trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. A significant area of my work also centers on perinatal and reproductive mental health. I support individuals who are pregnant, postpartum, trying to conceive, navigating infertility, adjusting to new parenthood, or processing difficult reproductive experiences such as pregnancy loss, birth trauma, or perinatal mood and anxiety conditions. Therapy during the perinatal period can help individuals make sense of the emotional, relational, and identity shifts that often accompany pregnancy and early parenthood. In addition to trauma and perinatal mental health, I work with clients navigating identity development, relationship patterns, boundaries, burnout, and life transitions. Many of the people I work with are thoughtful and reflective individuals who are interested in understanding themselves more deeply and exploring long-standing emotional patterns in a supportive, collaborative therapeutic space. My approach is trauma-informed, relational, and insight-oriented. I integrate elements of attachment-based therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and other evidence-informed approaches to help clients understand the roots of their experiences while also developing tools for stability, resilience, and self-compassion. Clients who tend to benefit most from my work are those seeking therapy that allows space for depth, curiosity, and meaningful exploration rather than only short-term symptom management.

Therapy Services & Specialties

Concerns & Challenges Addressed

Abortion / Post Abortion IssuesAttachment IssuesGender DysphoriaLGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) IssuesPost Partum DepressionPosttraumatic Stress / TraumaPregnancy and Birthing

Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)Culturally Sensitive TherapyDialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)Emotion Focused TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)Feminist TherapyInternal Family Systems (IFS)

Industries & Communities

First Responder/Medical ProfessionalsEducationSelf-Employed and Freelance ProfessionalsLGBTQ+BIPOCUnion First

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