Owner of Road To Change Counseling, Raquel has predominantly worked with young adults to create a sense of “togetherness” so they don’t feel alone in their struggles. She believes therapy is a place where you can go to figure things out, without external pressures. Raquel specializes working with adults in various life stage transitions. With an insight oriented approach, she works with clients to help them develop greater self-awareness, self-compassion and a stronger capacity to handle life’s transitions. Raquel’s experience includes working with diverse populations such as children, adolescents, and adults in both school based and community clinic settings. Her background treating young adults experiencing their first episode of psychosis (FEP) sparked the development of her empathic stance and insight into a wide range of challenges, from severe mental illness to the hazards of everyday life. Although she no longer works with FEP, she prioritizes improving the quality of treatment that is offered to individuals coming to her practice and invests in ongoing professional development to better train new therapists entering the field.