Rachel Gordon-Eldred, LMFT

Rachel Gordon-Eldred is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people feel more regulated and centered so they can connect to themselves and to others. Rachel offers a calm, nonjudgmental space to bring fears, sadness, and mixed feelings. She listens closely and helps people think through difficult situations while serving as a steady sounding board.

Rachel uses practical, relationship-focused work that helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and the demands of parenting. She often supports those coping with grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns. Caregiver issues, compassion fatigue, and feelings of isolation are also common topics in her sessions.

She describes her approach as collaborative and warmed by clear structure. Techniques drawn from attachment-based work and client-centered therapy aim to strengthen emotional connection and self-understanding. Cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused steps are used to break down problems into small, manageable changes.

Rachel has a background working with parents of children who have experienced trauma, ADHD, or who are on the autism spectrum. She notes particular experience with Pathologically Demanding Avoidant (PDA) profiles and does not support behavioral modification approaches like ABA. Her experience also covers hospice and bereavement counseling.

Sessions are offered in English from California. Prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's available times.

How her approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. In practice she helps people notice patterns in close relationships, build safer emotional connection, and respond to stress in steadier ways. Client-centered therapy puts the person's experience at the center; sessions are led by what the client brings and the therapist offers empathic listening and gentle reflection to help people find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks larger problems into small, concrete steps and looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact to change what feels stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That collaboration means trying things out, checking in on what helps, and adjusting the plan as needs shift.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy caregiving schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to involve practical homework between meetings and to practice coping skills in everyday routines.