Rachel Aylsworth(She/Her/Hers)

Rachel Aylsworth is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor located in Watertown, MA. She welcomes children, teenagers, young adults, and adults into her practice, offering a nurturing therapeutic relationship to inspire emotional growth and healing. Many of Rachel’s clients face emotional impacts of childhood trauma, which can manifest into depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, or challenges regulating emotions. 

Rachel specializes in dance/movement therapy. This holistic and embodied approach offers somatic and mindfulness practices for gaining insight into held deep emotions and behavior patterns, as well as creating new approaches for coping with life’s challenges. At a level that the client feels comfortable, Rachel guides movement that can release tightly held or loosely understood feelings, giving them a safe space to be expressed and understood. Rachel’s therapeutic style is gentle and nurturing, setting clients on their own empowered path towards their mental health goals. Clients learn how to be more self-compassionate and to engage their innate resilience to get them through difficult times. 

Rachel earned a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University. She believes in nurturing the inner child in her work, not just with younger clients but with all ages. Her goal is that clients feel proud of the work that they’ve done to improve their wellbeing and to provide them with the tools they need to create the life that they want to live.