Rachael Izquierdo
Compassionate family-focused clinical care
LMFT Florida
- Experience
- 26 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Rachael
Rachael Izquierdo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of clinical experience. She works from a family systems perspective and addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, attention difficulties, relationship and parenting challenges, and trauma-related issues.
Background and approach
Her practice emphasizes practical skills and emotional understanding to help people navigate life transitions, communication breakdowns, and problems that affect family functioning. Her approach draws on evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), emotionally focused work, client-centered listening, mindfulness practices, and motivational techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs.
She brings particular attention to areas like adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image and eating issues, impulse-related difficulties, and intimacy or self-esteem struggles. With experience across child, teen, adult, and family concerns, she blends skill-building with attention to underlying emotions and relational patterns.
Outside of clinical work she values balance and self-care, often spending time with family, practicing yoga, cooking, and enjoying music. Prospective clients are encouraged to explore whether her style and background fit their goals before beginning work together.
Approaches That Translate to Online Care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and then teaching practical strategies to change those patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and attention-related challenges and emphasizes skill-building and homework between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes empathic listening and collaboration; the therapist creates space for clients to explore their concerns at their own pace while guiding toward greater self-understanding and agency. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and reshaping emotional responses within relationships to improve connection and communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That exploration can include combining techniques from CBT, client-centered work, and EFT to address both behaviors and emotions in a coordinated way.
Online sessions through video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work during transitions. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling and communication style while allowing licensed professionals to guide skill practice, provide feedback, and support progress across sessions.
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Experience
26+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English