Rachel Ingram (she/her)

MSW, LSW

My Background:

Serving others has always been at the center of who I am — from joining the Peace Corps, where I spent two years teaching English and organizing a Girls' Leadership Camp in Kyrgyzstan, to teaching students with learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder in the Bronx. I loved building meaningful relationships with my students and their families and even spearheaded a community garden with a sensory area designed for students on the spectrum. Over time, I found myself more focused on my students' overall well-being than their academics, which led me to social work and a deeper calling to help people overcome barriers and lead empowered lives. Since then, I have worked with survivors of gender-based violence, led empowerment workshops for teens navigating relationships and sexuality, and spent years in public health improving health outcomes alongside underserved communities. These experiences deepened my commitment to trauma-informed, sex-positive, and affirming care — values I bring into every therapeutic relationship.

Why I Became a Therapist

My path to therapy became deeply personal through my own fertility journey, pregnancy, and postpartum experience. Living through infertility and the challenges of being a new mother drew me toward perinatal mental health in a profound way. Healing through therapy, community support, and my own resilience showed me firsthand how transformative the right support can be and ignited a desire to offer that same experience to others. That experience gave me an embodied understanding of what so many of Flourish's clients carry into the therapy room — from fertility challenges and pregnancy loss to birth trauma and the emotional complexity of new parenthood. It is both an honor and a privilege to walk alongside you through these experiences. I look forward to supporting you from fertility through postpartum and beyond.

My Education & Training

I hold a Master of Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College as well as a Master of Special Education from Hunter College and a Bachelor of Arts from Rowan University. I am a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Illinois and a certified Health and Wellness Coach through the Mindbodygreen Institute. I also served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia — an experience that shaped my deep respect for diverse cultures, communities, and ways of living.

My Approach

I believe the foundation of any effective therapeutic relationship is trust — and that begins with creating a warm, empathetic, and nonjudgmental space where you can show up exactly as you are. I draw from a range of evidence-based, strengths-based approaches including CognitiveBehavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I also weave in a health coaching lens — grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Motivational Interviewing — to help you identify what's getting in the way and build toward the life you want. Mindfulness, meditation, and nervous system regulation practices are also woven throughout my work. At the heart of everything I do is a simple belief: you are more resilient than you know. My role is to help you work through the barriers that are getting in the way of you being your most authentic, empowered self. I would be honored to be part of your journey.