Rachel Ratley
Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UVA-Wise in 2018 and her Masters of Social Work and Graduate Certificate in Clinical Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling from ETSU in 2021. Since graduating, she has worked in community mental health providing services to a wide variety of populations mostly in individual and group settings. She believes in meeting every client where they are and the power of building meaningful therapeutic relationships. Her therapeutic approach often involves humor, rewriting narratives, creating love and belonging for all of our parts, and gaining understanding of self, others, and the world around us. Professional interests include the LGBTQIA+ community, sexuality, relationship needs, substance use, life transitions, and trauma/EMDR therapy. Outside work, Rachel enjoys traveling, spending time with friends, live music, watching and learning about movies, and spoiling her two cats, Millie and Pumpkin.