Rachel (she/her) is an Associate Clinician in good standing with the OCSWSSW (863179). She is deeply committed to supporting individuals who feel marginalized, misunderstood, or weighed down by systemic barriers, particularly those navigating disability, neurodivergence, and mental health challenges. Rachel brings a thoughtful, compassionate presence to her work and is known for meeting clients with curiosity, respect, and a belief in their inherent strengths. Grounded in anti-oppressive and anti-ableist practice, she works collaboratively with clients to make sense of their experiences, reconnect with their agency, and move toward meaningful, self‑defined change.
Fee Information:
Individual therapy is billed at $165 per hour. Taxes do not apply to clinical services provided by a Registered Social Worker (RSW). Our clinic offers direct billing with most insurance companies. Many insurance providers cover clinical services offered by Registered Social Workers (RSWs); however, coverage and reimbursement amounts may vary. We recommend confirming your eligibility and benefit details directly with your insurance provider.
Professional & Clinical Experience:
Prior to joining our team, Rachel’s clinical work focused on supporting university students and adults navigating disability, with particular attention to invisible disabilities such as ADHD and anxiety within academic and workplace contexts. Over more than two years with Accessible Career Transitions at Carleton University, she provided individualized, integrative support to clients managing functional, emotional, and systemic barriers related to education and employment. Her work included supporting task initiation, procrastination, perfectionism, and self‑doubt, as well as assisting clients with decision‑making around disability disclosure and accommodation planning. Rachel regularly supported clients in clarifying goals, identifying barriers, and navigating institutional systems and expectations within academic and professional environments.
Rachel’s clinical perspective is further shaped by her sustained engagement with post‑secondary mental health and disability contexts, which has deepened her understanding of the lived experiences of students managing mental health concerns and invisible disabilities within institutional settings. This background informs her capacity to recognize the impacts of stigma, systemic barriers, and role strain on client functioning. In addition, Rachel developed strong relational, assessment, and crisis‑response skills through her work with Face à Face Montréal, where she provided active listening and crisis intervention services. Her role at Mindspace Psychology Clinic further strengthened her competencies in clinical intake, documentation, and collaborative work within an interdisciplinary mental health setting. Across these roles, Rachel consistently demonstrates a collaborative, attuned, and non‑judgmental clinical presence, supporting clients in processing distress while fostering insight, self‑efficacy, and meaningful change.
Specialization & Clinical Focus:
- Neurodiversity (Especially ADHD): Rachel supports individuals navigating ADHD and other neurodivergent experiences, including anxiety, depression, and autism. She offers affirming, strengths‑based support to help clients better understand their unique neurodivergent profiles and develop practical strategies for focus, organization, and daily functioning. Her work emphasizes making sense of challenges within broader social and institutional contexts, rather than viewing them as personal shortcomings.
- Disability Identity, Disclosure, and Accommodations: Rachel supports clients in understanding, embracing, and advocating for their disability identity. She provides guidance around disclosure, accommodation planning, and navigating systemic barriers, particularly within academic and professional environments, helping clients feel more confident and informed in their choices.
- Academic, Career, and Life Transitions: Rachel works with university students and adults facing periods of transition or uncertainty, including post‑secondary adjustment, performance anxiety, career decision‑making, and shifts in professional identity. She helps clients move through change with greater clarity, self‑awareness, and values‑based direction.
- Motivation and Task Engagement: For individuals struggling with procrastination, task initiation, or sustaining effort, Rachel supports clients in identifying internal and external barriers, developing practical and compassionate strategies, and fostering sustainable motivation tailored to their individual needs.
- Self‑Doubt, Shame, and “Never Good Enough” Narratives: Rachel helps clients recognize and challenge internalized beliefs, perfectionism, and harsh self‑criticism. Her work supports the development of self‑compassion, confidence, and a more supportive relationship with oneself.
- Self‑Compassion and Mindfulness: Rachel supports clients in cultivating a kinder, more accepting relationship with themselves, incorporating mindfulness‑based practices to increase present‑moment awareness and support emotional regulation.
- Intellectualizing and Emotional Disconnection: Rachel works with individuals who rely heavily on insight, analysis, or intellectual understanding as a way of distancing from emotions. She helps clients gently reconnect with emotional experiences in ways that feel safe, grounded, and manageable.
- Relationship Challenges and Boundaries: Rachel supports clients in navigating relational dynamics across family, friendships, romantic partnerships, and workplace relationships. Her work focuses on strengthening communication, clarifying needs, and supporting clients in setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, while increasing awareness of relational patterns and triggers.
Education & Training:
Rachel holds a Master’s degree and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Carleton University, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from McGill University, where she completed double minors in Behavioural Neuroscience and Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies. Her interdisciplinary academic training provided a strong foundation in cognition, emotion, and human motivation, while also deepening her understanding of how mental health and wellbeing are shaped by social context, power, and systemic inequities. This combination of psychological and social work training informed her decision to pursue social work as a clinical discipline that integrates evidence‑based practice with a critical awareness of intersectionality, stigma, and structural barriers affecting individuals and communities.
Rachel brings a personal and professional commitment to anti‑ableist and anti‑oppressive practice that values diversity and directly challenges stigma and deficit‑based narratives. She employs an integrative clinical approach informed by Person‑Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive and Behavioural strategies, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Critical Disability Theory, and strengths‑based frameworks. Her use of cognitive‑behavioural interventions emphasizes skill‑building, cognitive flexibility, and behavioural change while remaining grounded in an anti‑stigma lens that situates distress within broader social and environmental contexts rather than as individual pathology. With over a decade of education and training across psychology and social work, Rachel remains committed to ongoing professional development to ensure her clinical work is responsive, ethically grounded, and supportive of client agency, self‑understanding, and sustainable therapeutic change.
Clinical Supervision:
Rachel is supervised by Bruno Jung-Millen, MSW, RSW (OCSWSSW 837354), ensuring high-quality, ethical care for all of her clients through ongoing support and guidance. She also participates in regular group consultations within our clinic to further enhance her clinical insight and collaborative practice.
