Rachel Costin
LPC, NCC
I began advocating for the importance of mental health from my teenage years. After receiving my bachelor degree, I spent a few years working in childcare on a military base. Seeing the variety of moves, life events, and stressors experienced by military children inspired me to focus on work with children in adjusting to changes that they don’t always make sense to them.
Therapy & Education:
Approach:
Play therapy, sand tray, client-centered, CBT
Specialty:
Age 3 to early adulthood experiencing a variety of life changes, traumatic events,
anxiety, depression, ADHD.
Therapy Style:
Rachel uses play-therapy for children and sand-tray and client-centered therapy
across the lifespan. Rachel believes that we all have the ability and desire to continue to adapt
and grow, while sometimes needing a hand in getting there. She utilizes an attachment-based
perspective that looks at how our early relationships impact our view of ourselves and our
world. She has experiencing using CBT to help adjust our thoughts and explore how our
thoughts about the world frame our experiences.
Education:
Ed.S in Counseling from Middle Tennessee State University
LPC State of Alaska, 202699
