Welcome to my psychotherapy practice. My name is Taylor Rechtschaffen. I offer a holistic therapy, integrating both strategic skill building as well as a deep attention to what is needed in the moment. Therapy is a journey. I am here to offer love, acceptance, honesty, and insight. 

Everybody hits bumps in the road. Some small, some huge, all of them potentially painful. This is part of being alive, and there's no avoiding it. However, it is totally possible to learn to surf the waves instead of being pummeled by them. In fact, our biggest challenges can become our most precious lessons and gifts. I am passionate about uncovering your inherent strengths and wisdom so that you can be in a position of authority (the root of that word is the same as "author" - one who creates or originates something) about your life.

There are ways we can work with life’s inevitable difficulties that can make life a lot more fulfilling and joyous. Feeling emotions like anxiety, anger, loneliness, and grief is natural, biological process. How you respond to these emotions is what makes all the difference. You can either resist the emotions or you can courageously turn towards them, learn from them, and let them flow through. Amazingly, it is by facing and bringing compassion and understanding to those difficult emotions that allows those challenging forces to transform and metabolize into creative energy. This is how you can find inner strength and ease to enjoy your life. My job is to help you navigate this journey and help you to be your own captain; to help you get in touch with how much choice you actually have. My clients are individuals who are interested in making conscious efforts to learn about what's happening inside of them and to lovingly persist in their own growth.

I offer an integrated approach of therapy based on my Counseling Psychology masters degree training at the California Institute of Integral Studies in Humanistic, Gestalt, and Internal Family Systems therapies. These come together with my 20 years of experience in mindfulness, meditation, yogic sciences, and earth-based wisdoms. I am a nurturing, direct, and present person. My approach is grounded in honesty, humor, and compassionate curiosity.

Be it here or elsewhere, I sincerely hope you find what you are seeking.