Rachel Coleman, LMFT CEDS

08/27/2025

still awaiting “the call,” but would love to get YOUR call! Fall is here, routines are settling in to place, and we have openings for in person and virtual sessions. We’d love to be a part of your story (recovery story, that is, not love story) 🫶

08/19/2025

In therapy, a dollhouse is more than a toy. 🏡 This play tool becomes a safe space for kids to tell their story. By moving figures, creating scenes, and role-playing, children naturally show how they experience family life and the role they see themselves playing in it. Through this gentle process, they can explore feelings, practice new ways of being, and find their voice—all in a way that feels safe and natural. 💛 Utilizing the figurines and rooms, they can process dynamics that may be hard to put into words. The dollhouse becomes a powerful bridge between their inner experience and the healing process. Art therapy then can allow the client to paint their process to bring home as a visual reminder of the therapy session.

If you think hands on therapy interventions like this might support your tween, I’d love to connect and walk alongside your family’s journey. ✨

08/19/2025

Join EDRS for an amazing one day conference offered in person in San Jose or virtually! Presenters will be touching on a variety of topics related to supporting clients with eating disorders and esrly bird registration ends today.

I am on the Board and will be attending virtually and would love to see So Cal providers in this virtual meeting space!

https://discoverybehavioral-health.ce-go.com/edrs-conference-2025?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMRgL9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp-Z1pQfVSUXvt1TZmGNt5XofqVS9m2ZIaQD5uEOWL5r6Qcs1Zf7DjHJgOBwA_aem_Qwhh02yLMa-aTWU8wVmDCAdi

This is a Hybrid Event! Virtual Live Stream Option or In Person AttendanceFor those attending in person:Lunch will be provided by our lunch sponsor Kate Farms! Please note any dietary needs on the registration page! For questions or concerns please feel free to email info@edrecoverysupport.org

08/14/2025

Now taking new clients for Fall - who’s ready to start unpacking? 🧳 💼👛🎒

07/29/2025

I can’t believe this is still even something to create a post about! Commenting on someone’s weight—whether it’s “complimentary,” critical, or “just an observation”—is never harmless. It reinforces the toxic idea that bodies are public property, that thinness equals worth, and that anyone has the right to police someone else’s appearance. How have we not progressed further as a society?

Anonymous bullying online takes this even further. It’s not just mean—it’s an act of control, shame, and oppression. Hiding behind a screen to criticize someone’s body isn’t about concern; it’s about power. It silences people, reinforces body hierarchies, and fuels disordered relationships with food and self.

Bodies are not open for debate. Respect is not optional. And bullying, no matter how anonymous, is never about the person being targeted—it’s a mirror of the bully’s own pain and the culture that taught them to weaponize it.

🛑 Stop commenting. Start reflecting.
💥 Silence the shame. Dismantle the system.

07/18/2025

Summer is here….and diet culture plus a vacation on the calendar can trigger emotions and thoughts that disconnect us from our bodies physical needs. Here are a few tips to stay in touch with our emotional needs in our to stay connected with our hunger and fullness cues. Food is a great coping skill in moderation but variety of coping skills to address various feelings to enjoy our vacation is crucial!

What is your go to tip for emotional self care on vacation? ⬇️

07/16/2025

Happy Wednesday. May your feelings refrain from punching you in your eyeballs today!

07/09/2025

Interesting article for all of us mental health professionals supporting national tragedies!

Six months later, an Altadena trauma therapist who lost her home in the Eaton Fire explains how LA's mental health response fails survivors by ignoring the racism and poverty they faced long before the flames.

07/09/2025

Texas 🩵

“That sinking feeling in your gut, I feel it too. I think we all do.

We feel it in our guts because we care. Because it makes us grapple with how little control we have. With how fragile life really is. With how little that we fret and fuss about really matters in the end.

This camp was our camp. These kids were our kids. These parents are each one of us.

We can’t fix this.
But we can feel it.
So we hold our breath.
We hold each other.
We hold on.” -Chris Field

06/24/2025

Summer is here….and diet culture plus a vacation on the calendar can trigger patterns and thoughts that disconnect us from our bodies physical needs. Here are a few tips to stay in touch with our digestive needs, hunger and fullness cues, and enjoy food as part of our experience before and during vacation!

What is your go to tip for physical self care on vacation? ⬇️

06/20/2025

Happy Friday 😅 Let all those feelings come out!