Rachel Malvaez, LMFT
Collaborative, practical therapy for life transitions
About Rachel
Rachel Malvaez is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She brings five years of clinical experience and a background in the tech industry to her counseling work.
Background and approach
Rachel focuses on meeting people where they are and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. She works with adults and young adults who are managing anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions.
She also supports those seeking clearer identity, stronger communication, and more satisfying relationships. Rachel pays attention to how patterns like avoidance, codependency, and shame show up in daily life.
In sessions she keeps communication clear and direct while staying warm and approachable. The work is collaborative - she partners with each person to set goals and try out new ways of coping.
Humor and kindness are part of how she connects with people in therapy. Rachel uses an integrated, person-centered approach that centers each person's values and strengths.
She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and practice clearer ways of relating to themselves and others. Practical skills and real-life problem solving are common parts of her work.
She also offers support around pregnancy and childbirth concerns, issues common to young adulthood, and women’s concerns. Rachel aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can be heard and take steps toward the changes they want.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Rachel draws on person-centered and integrative approaches that focus on the person’s own values and strengths. Person-centered work emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so clients can clarify what matters most and set achievable goals. This approach helps with stress, low self-worth, and feeling stuck.Her integrated approach blends practical problem solving with exploring how relationship patterns show up in daily life. That can include noticing avoidant behavior, codependent dynamics, or recurring communication problems and trying different responses in real situations. These techniques are useful for anxiety, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachel will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The therapist and client decide together which techniques to use and when to shift focus.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and easier scheduling between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English