Rachel Haimovich, LPC

03/17/2026

Where my IFS therapists at?

Feel free to me join in a little practice that incorporates EFT tapping and Self led affirmations. It’s been helping me feel more tuned into presence, spaciousness and playfulness.

I love doing this before my clinical day begins or in between clients to reset.

What are some of your favorite Self led reminders?

Full video on my YouTube channel [link in bio]

05/06/2024

https://www.therapywithrachel.co/music-therapy/4-ways-music-therapy-benefits-highly-sensitive-people/

Ever feel seen and slightly offended (but also so much more NOT ALONE) after hearing a new song?

Music can give words, movement and melody to capture and express that feeling we haven't yet been able to quite express...until now.

Learn more about how music therapy can help HPS's:

*Regulate emotions
*Reduce stress
*Promote authentic self-expression
*Foster meaningful connections

You didn’t know you needed a good cry until you heard that new Lizzy McAlpine song, and all of a sudden the tears are flowing. Something in the poignancy of the melody and poetry of the lyrics hit a chord and you feel sad but also seen. Understood. Like you’re maybe not so alone after all. You l...

04/15/2024

New Blog Monday!

In this post, I explore the intersection between high sensitivity and high sensation seeking (yes, the two can co-exist!)

“Do you want to go skydiving with us this weekend?” my partner asked on a Thursday morning. It had been a long week, and I was feeling emotionally tender, so my initial response was one of contraction…

04/01/2024

I’d like to invite you to think of this time of year as a gentle reawakening.

An opportunity to take stock and clear away what is no longer serving you (both energetically and physically) to make room for the fresh and new.

Read all about it in this week's blog post!

Even though the chilly temperatures might have you thinking otherwise in the Philly area, the seasons are turning and Spring is making itself known with flowering trees, bright daffodils and sunsets…

03/18/2024

Highly sensitive people (HSPs) have the innate traits of heightened awareness of their surroundings and emotions. Chances are that your sensitivity has not always, if ever, been celebrated. Early life experiences of invalidation and mis-attunement can leave HSPs more vulnerable to stress, anxiety, and trauma.

Fortunately, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy offers a powerful tool for healing and empowerment.

Using bilateral stimulation (alternately stimulating the left and right hemispheres of your brain via eye movements, tapping or auditory stimulation), which mimics what happens in REM sleep, EMDR taps into the emotional centers of the brain to help reprocess and integrate distressing memories and experiences.

Learn more:

If one more person tells you to “just stop overthinking things” and “calm down,” you might lose it (although, to be fair, “losing it” tends to be more of an internal temper tantrum for you).

03/04/2024

"As HSP’s, we can often feel like we are overflowing with all that we absorb throughout the day. There is a need to put it somewhere, to contain it. Creative outlets such as writing, making music or art or cooking can offer the space we need to deeply process, make meaning and regulate an overstimulated nervous system."

Wanting to access more creativity in your everyday life? That's what my new blog post is all about.

Available to read now on my website----->

I genuinely believe that we are all creative – or in other words, that we all have the potential to dream, imagine, play and make something new and uniquely ours. Tapping into our creativity connects…

02/14/2024

https://www.therapywithrachel.co/relationships/a-guide-to-dating-for-highly-sensitive-people/

Next up in my "guide for HSP" series: "A Guide to Dating for Highly Sensitive People"

Like it or not, this time of year slams your conscious and unconscious mind with saccharine and idealized images of love.

Wherever you are in your dating journey, I invite you to take a deep breath and acknowledge that it ain't easy putting yourself out there. When you are an HSP living in a world of too-fast, too-loud, too-bright, dating can feel particularly overwhelming.

I don't believe in "rules" for the most part, so take this week's blog entry as a loose invitation based on what has been helpful for me and the sensitive folks I work with. But always trust yourSELF first.

Read all about it in the new blog post

Dating kinda sucks. It can feel like an unfair gamble, an exhausting and excruciating hamster wheel of swiping, crushed hopes and a tug of war between the desire to throw in the towel completely and…

02/05/2024

https://www.therapywithrachel.co/hsp/a-highly-sensitive-persons-guide-to-overstimulation/

Did you know...

Overstimulation happens when our nervous system has reached its capacity for taking in sensory input from the environment and we’re catapulted into a fight/flight/freeze response.

The trait of high sensitivity, along with other forms of neurodivergence such as Autism and ADHD, make you more prone to getting overwhelmed by the sensory data the world is constantly throwing your way.

Read more about it and find out some of my favorite ways to soothe and regulate when overstimulation comes 'a knockin.

Your day wasn’t exactly going smoothly, but you thought you had it handled. Yet somewhere between loud construction rousing you out of bed early, a particularly crowded subway ride into the office and…

01/22/2024

Do you ever get the sense that there’s more than one version of you?

You are 100% onto something, and yes, it's totally normal.

Read more about it, and how working with our "parts" can bring about deeper self-acceptance, understanding and freedom limiting beliefs in this week's blog post

Do you ever get the sense that there’s more than one version of you? Maybe you notice the part of you that pushes you out of your comfort zone. “You have to say “yes” to the networking meeting…

01/09/2024

Some musings on taking it easy in the "new" year.

The idea of starting the (Gregorian) calendar new year off with vim and vigor never really made sense to me. Didn’t we just celebrate the start of winter on the longest night of the year a couple of…

01/09/2024

Curious what therapy with me might look and feel like? Read more about that here:

Archaeology of the heart for sensitive souls “I must be an emotional archaeologist because I keep looking for the roots of things, particularly the roots of behavior and why I feel certain ways about certain things.” -Fred Rogers Schedule A Free Consultation You’re terrified of being found out...