Rachel Paula Shapiro, MA, LCMHCA, CPCC

she/her rachelpaula@gmail.com 917.597.6440

Contact me for a complimentary 30 minute coaching session to experience the magic and power of coaching. I look forward to hearing from you and answering any questions you might have!

Se ofrece servicios en Español.

My Background

I am a trained psychotherapist with an Integral Counseling Psychology Masters degree from The California Institute of Integral Studies. I am also a certified Co-Active coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute.  I received my B.A. in Sociology from Vassar College. I am bilingual in Spanish and my recent psychotherapeutic work has been as a Bilingual Trauma Therapist with victims of crime.

Before my graduate studies, I lived for eight years in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Barcelona, Spain. During this time, I taught English and Art, studied metalwork and jewelry design, and became fluent in Spanish. I am an artist, sewist, and mother.

Therapeutic Coaching

Therapeutic Coaching focuses on your specific goals and how to move forward to reach those goals, while taking into account your physical, emotional and spiritual selves.  As a Co-Active coach, I hold an underlying premise that you are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, and are capable of finding your own answers to your questions. I am here to support and empower you as you access your power, strength, intuition, creativity and integrity. I work to help clients to feel empowered with increased motivation and agency. I support my clients during various life transitions, such as career changes and finding ones passion and purpose, beginning college, moving, divorce, parenthood and death of a loved one.

My coaching style is trauma informed and I am confident working with the complex range of human emotion as well as the way we hold our pasts in our bodies. I am particularly passionate about working with new moms and moms to be as they move through their own unique transformation. I also love to work with college seniors and recent graduates as they contemplate meaningful next steps. I also participate in coaching projects with Lead Out of the Box Leadership LTD.

I am currently offering a renewable three to six month Therapeutic Coaching package. This includes bi-monthly sessions with text/email support throughout the month. Sessions are held via Zoom.