- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rachel
Rachel Bentley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with eight years of post-licensure practice. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, stress, grief, and addiction-related concerns. Rachel practices in Arizona and supports clients who want clearer communication and more stable connections.
She draws on attachment and object relations ideas to help people see how early relationships shape current reactions. Rachel explains patterns plainly and helps clients notice which coping habits no longer serve them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what happened in the past and how that shows up now. Rachel uses practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address unhelpful thinking and emotional overwhelm. She blends these with emotionally-focused ideas to repair connection and reduce isolation.
The work often involves learning new communication skills and practicing different responses to old triggers. With experience in schools, group homes, addiction programs, and outpatient settings, Rachel has worked with many kinds of life problems and relationship struggles. That background informs a flexible style that adapts to each person’s situation.
She emphasizes strengths and builds on coping skills clients already have. Parents will find a straightforward approach that balances empathy with clear guidance. Rachel helps people identify practical steps, try them between sessions, and track progress toward calmer moods and healthier relationships.
What Rachel works with
Everything Rachel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rachel helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Rachel lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Attachment and skills work in online sessions
Rachel commonly uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. This approach looks at how past connections affect trust, closeness, and reactivity in present relationships, which can be useful for parenting or intimacy issues.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping skills. CBT helps with anxiety and depression by shifting thinking patterns, while DBT offers hands-on tools to manage intense emotions and reduce impulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to select methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for practicing communication skills. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, shorter interactions for updates or coping support between sessions.
Questions people ask about Rachel
What concerns does she address?
Rachel works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, trauma, addiction, anger, and intimacy-related issues among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is relational and straightforward, combining attachment ideas with practical skills work to improve communication and emotional regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience since gaining independent licensure as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Arizona and holds an Arizona licensed marriage and family therapist credential, LMFT.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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