Warm, collaborative therapy with room to be fully yourself.

Rachel Ratafia-Levine, LPC, NCC

Licensed in Virginia

With more than 17 years of counseling experience, including extensive work as a professional school counselor and private therapist, Rachel brings a developmental and relational perspective to her work with adolescents, teens, parents, adults, and couples. She strives to create a calm, attuned, and nonjudgmental therapeutic space where clients can explore vulnerable experiences at their own pace.

Her approach is grounded in evidence-based modalities, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and attachment-based frameworks.

Sessions are collaborative and structured, balancing insight-oriented work with skill-building to support lasting change. Therapy is tailored to each client, with a focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, increasing emotional awareness, and building practical tools.

Rachel has a particular interest in the interconnected experiences of adolescents and teens, their parents, and the parent-child relationship. Young people do not experience anxiety, school stress, changing friendships, family transitions, or growing independence in isolation. When appropriate, therapy considers the relationships and environments surrounding them while respecting their developing need for privacy and autonomy.