A therapy alternative that helps you experience true secure attachment in your relationships, from the inside out.

OUR MISSION

At Guide to Be, our mission is to help people repair relational patterns — with themselves and with partners — using somatic and attachment work.

It feels like a radically human path to healing — where individuals and couples move from survival patterns into securely attached and embodied connection. Rachel holds a pure space that is rooted in intention to guide you back to yourself and each other. This is a space where perfectionism quiets, authenticity leads, and love finally feels safe in your body. This is a space where you are invited to free yourself from the labels — where you don’t have to prove yourself and you are invited to sigh in relief and just be. Here, we begin to re-know ourselves so we can reconnect with the deep essence of both inner and relational connection we all deserve.

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“Because healing was never meant to be so hard.”

-RACHEL JACKSON, FOUNDER, MA MFT

Work With Me

Together, we bridge where you have been and how you want to feel. Guide To Be wants to take change from something you imagine to something you embody.

Rachel experiments with you as you walk toward more authenticity in yourself, more clarity in your relationship, and more congruence in your work. She integrates attachment theory, somatic experiencing, nervous system regulation, and inner child healing.

Let’s make healing playful, and still get to the root. For from the root, we rise.

THE SECURE EFFECT
Your free subscription for weekly relationship tips. Each month is focused on a different theme, gifting you tools, reflection questions, and practical actions whether you’re single, dating, or in committed relationship.
THE SECURE SELF
A group container that takes you toward the experience of secure attachment from the inside out. In these 8 weeks, we explore Rachel’s 4 pillar methodology. We play in our healing, practice new ways of relating, and deepen our relationships with ourselves. Join us starting Sept 30th, 2026.
SOMATIC + ATTACHMENT SESSIONS
Rachel takes on select 1:1 clients to provide a deeper-dive, non-traditional approach to healing that is direct, holistic and human. The Guide to Be Membership redefines the path to healing your inner child and allows you space to express what has been suppressed in the body. For self-reliant individuals wanting more intimate relationships, more inner security and more peace.
REALIGN AT HOME COURSE
An 18-week self-guided couples course for those couples committed to their healing process and willing to walk themselves through the self-paced sessions, videos, activities and tools. This at-home approach is a time investment that will save couples money if they’re willing to dedicate, devote and take accountability.
THE REALIGNED RELATIONSHIP
A couples cohort offered every February-June and July-November for couples moving through REALIGN that want a community, more accountability from Rachel and the group, biweekly masterclasses and live-coaching opportunities. You’re not along in your relationship challenges. This group normalizes your experience. Thank god!
A COUPLES INTENSIVE PROGRAM
A custom-roadmap couples intensive program for couples to get direct advice on their core patterns standing between them and the ease of communication, depth of intimacy, and secure form of attachment they desire. The Relationship Audit saves you time with an intensive-style approach versus 55-minute weekly bandaid applications… this approach is an invitation toward relationship clarity. In person in Austin, TX or virtually.
THE ALTERNATIVE THERAPIST LAB
A cohort (or private mentorship) for Trained-therapists that are considering leaving the traditional therapy field or adding coaching to their practice; yet, wanting to maintain ethical practice. This person aches to pour their passion into the world and can feel limited by the therapy structure. This cohort show you that other people have big dreams, just like you. AND the therapy rules and regulations no longer need to restrict you. Your gifts matter too much. Rachel left the traditional field, and will guide the way with education, mentorship, and a safe space to process. Starts January 2027.
UNBOXED PRACTICE
Rachel’s new endeavor: A platform for trained-therapist and advanced coaches to share their gifts. Unboxed Practice is here because Psychology today is too oversaturated and everyone is a coach nowadays. We need a highly-vetted space to find a coach that fits. If you’re a practitioner that wants better fitting clients and a community of support, apply today.

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Meet Rachel

Over Rachel’s time as a traditional therapist, she recognized her passion to fill the gaps. With her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, over 8 years of fitness coaching & yoga instructing, her sound healing certification & more - Rachel is a holistic healer and coach who is here to dive into the depths of your transformation with you. She will waste no time telling you the attachment patterns blocking your relationship fulfillment. She will hold space for you to move from high-expectation fatigue to true internal security. All people can guarantee to feel held here – just as they are. I am you and you are me. “We are all just walking each other home.” –Ram Dass

ABOUT

Getting to the root, so we can rise.

Many emotional struggles are not mindset problems. They are learned safety responses from earlier relational experiences. The nervous system adapts to maintain connection, even if it means suppressing needs, emotions, or authenticity. As adults, these protective patterns can appear as people-pleasing, fear of conflict, emotional withdrawal, or anxiety in relationships.
Somatic and relational healing focuses on creating new experiences of safety so the body no longer needs those protective reactions.
We are in a societal epidemic of isolation and loneliness. Many people feel incredibly burdensome going to those they love for support. However, as a “therapist,” I only perpetuated a pattern of disconnection. Pay a professional. Know nothing about them. Yet, trust them to tell them everything.
I believe at our core, relationships require trust and reciprocity. Therefore, it is foundational that each person in the relationship shows up fully — fully human. That is my focus at Guide to Be. We heal in relationship. Our nervous systems can only rewire and re-pattern when we are in situations that bring up the core fears. I vow to be a safe place for you to rewire your relationship with yourself, your partner, and your peers.
“The Body Keeps The Score,” they say. Therefore, the body stores the fears and patterning of past relational experiences. From the time you were born, you began to learn how to receive love, belonging, safety, and security, or the lack of it. Your nervous system, then, begins to shape around coping mechanism that are created in order to get the maximum amount of core needs met (even when done through unique behaviors). By getting into the body (the somatics), we open space for the body to release past energy, emotions, and programming that is outdated without having to intellectualize it, which further can ingrain the trauma or patterning. Here, we don’t need to “figure it out,” we just get to “let it out.”

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“She has been such an incredible asset to us during a pivotal time in our relationship. We could not be more impressed by her compassion, integrity, professionalism, & uncanny ability to reflect back just what we need to hear. She checks in, she recalls prior discussions & always starts where we left off, while meeting us in the present moment. She has us both feeling seen, heard, & understood. Rachel’s intuition & expertise feel unmatched. If you’re looking for intuitive wisdom, unconventional modalities, & all around exceptional relational work in any capacity, look no further!”

— E & D: Couple
“Rachel helped us build the confidence, communication, & trust we needed to get things back on track. The conversations she pushed us to have during our sessions left us with better knowledge of one another & plenty to discuss & work on between appointments. She made us feel immediately comfortable, & we appreciated that she helped us celebrate the strengths in our relationship while still focusing on areas where we could improve. By the end of working with her, we felt optimistic moving forward and would recommend her to anyone looking to deepen their connection and heal or reinforce their relationship!”

— J & C: Couple
“Working with Rachel, was the single-most, hands-down best thing we have ever done for our relationship. She was calm, patient, understanding, and extremely well-equipped to handle our specific situation, our specific conflicts, and most importantly, our specific path forward to a happier, healthier relationship. If you're on the fence about moving forward with couples counseling, run, don't walk, to a session with Rachel. You only risk a stronger, happier, healthier relationship.”

— A & C: Couple
“She was able to swiftly open up the conversation, navigate our different communication styles with ease, and hold space for each of our experiences. Rachel quickly noted areas of opportunity, presented a plan to get us on track, and provided support along the way. She always brings a mix of empathy, tact, and objectiveness that helped us get out of our rut, and initiate lasting change in our relationship dynamics. I would recommend a consultation with Rachel 10 out of 10 times if you find yourself in a relationship that could use some fine tuning.”

— T & A: Couple
“I also really enjoyed the open communication. The fact that she uses Slack and other messaging systems makes it really easy for me to capture my thoughts on a daily or a weekly basis. If something is bothering me that day, I can just note it down and I know that she’ll get back to me when she can. When you have therapy sessions that are sometimes weeks apart it’s difficult to capture how you were feeling on those individual days. She’s very open and no topics are out of bounds in this type of interaction. It feels like I’m more so talking with a human or a friend rather than a led professional, and that made the sessions flow a bit more naturally for me. I also enjoyed that her practices are spiritual. It challenges the way I’ve been thinking about things by coming from a perspective I wasn’t considering.”

— D: Individual
“I started working with Rachel after experiencing frustrations in my dating life. Rachel is a very good listener and can condense 15 minutes worth of meandering thoughts and emotions into a coherent statement and then provide specific, actionable advice to help me move forward. Beyond the hourlong sessions with her, she makes herself available through Slack for on demand advice and feedback to help me cope with any anxiety I might be experiencing. Working with Rachel has made me feel much more present in my dating interactions, and I feel like I know myself much better and am better prepared for any challenges that might come up. I am excited to continue working with Rachel.”

— W: Individual
“I felt she'd be a good fit to help me "level up" and identify habits that were no longer serving me. She's been all that and more! She is kind, an active listener, and, above all, empathetic. I am so grateful to have found her and am looking forward to the work I will do with her in the future.”

— E: Individual
“I’ve been meeting with Rachel for some time now. From a very low point early on to much more stable, we’ve worked on recalibrating my relationships and thinking. She’s perceptive, and safe. Supportive, and able to challenge when needed. If you get the chance, it would be worth your time to speak with her.”

— J: Individual
“I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience with Rachel. In putting me first and pursuing different courses of action to figure out what helped me most, I was able to learn many beneficial things from our time together. Not only did she help me in the primary ways I needed, but she made me feel okay about getting help, and become comfortable in seeking it. I am very grateful for my time with her and have gained a lot from it.”

— E: Individual