About Rachel Wilson, LCSW, C-IAYT

Somatic Trauma Therapist for Sensitive High Acheivers

therapy for highly sensitive people

For sensitive high-achievers who feel everything deeply — and care even more.

You’re the person who gets things done.


The one colleagues rely on, leaders trust, and friends turn to because you’re capable, insightful, and always paying attention to what others miss.

And even though you look composed and successful on the outside, you’re often carrying the weight of constant expectations—deadlines, decisions, emotional labor, and the pressure to perform at a level most people will never understand.

Some days you can keep pace.
Other days your nervous system feels stretched thin, your emotions simmer just below the surface, and your body makes it clear you’ve pushed too hard for too long.

If you’re a highly sensitive professional navigating a high-pressure career, hear this clearly:

There is nothing wrong with you.
Your sensitivity isn’t a liability—it’s the source of your intuition, depth, and leadership.

You just haven’t been taught how to work with it instead of against it.

That’s where I come in.

Hi, I’m Rachel Wilson(she/her)

With nearly 20 years of experience in trauma healing, I’ve supported people who carry invisible burdens—highly sensitive professionals who excel at work, care deeply for others, and still feel disconnected from themselves beneath the surface.

I love working with sensitive, driven people because you have an extraordinary capacity for insight, depth, intuition, and transformation—but trauma, chronic stress, and over-responsibility can dull that inner clarity. Helping you reconnect with it is some of my favorite work.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT). I've worked in juvenile halls, schools, community organizations, clinics, and now my private practice. Across all of it, I've seen again and again that people carry an innate capacity to heal, and that with the right support, it comes back online.

As a highly sensitive person, I first came to this path seeking my own healing from complex trauma. Along the way, I found that each approach held something valuable, but none offered the whole picture on its own. I explored many forms of therapy, somatic work, and mind-body practices, both personally and alongside my work with clients. Today I bring that integration to our sessions, weaving together different modalities to help you more fully inhabit your life.

I offer trauma therapy, somatic therapy, and therapy for HSPs in California and Minnesota, drawing from:

  • Nervous system attunement: building a sense of ease and safety from the inside out

  • Somatic, body-based healing: integrating the wisdom of the body to shift patterns, not just understand them

  • Relational, trauma-informed care: creating a steady, collaborative space where you set the pace

  • Honoring sensitivity as wisdom, not weakness: treating your depth as something to work with rather than fix

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The Powerful Sensitivity Method

Reconnect

Regulate

Rewrite

When your nervous system is supported, your whole life shifts. Clients often share that they:

  • Feel more grounded and less overwhelmed

  • Respond to stress with more clarity and intention

  • Build healthier, more connected relationships

  • Reclaim their inner wisdom and self-trust

  • Experience more joy, presence, and emotional spaciousness

  • Trust themselves to make decisions without second-guessing or overanalyzing

3 Simple Steps to Your Healing

1) Schedule a Free Consultation

Connect with us to understand your needs.

2) Complete Initial Paperwork

Fill out forms online for easy access.

3) Start Your Personalized Treatment Plan

Begin your healing journey in the first session.

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