Rachael Tarfman-Perez

Rachael Tarfman-Perez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, family and parenting concerns, depression, and major life changes. She also focuses on caregiver stress, communication problems, forgiveness, pregnancy and childbirth, self-love, women’s issues, workplace stress, and questions of life purpose.

Rachael approaches sessions by treating each person as the expert of their own story. She listens for strengths and practical options the client can try between meetings. Conversations are straightforward and aim to clarify patterns that feel stuck. She helps people talk through what matters and test small changes to see what fits.

In session she supports problem solving around relationships and parenting, and she offers help managing the low mood that comes with depression. Rachael also works with people dealing with caregiver burden and workplace strain, helping them set limits and improve communication. When pregnancy or childbirth raises emotional worries, she helps clients identify coping steps and realistic supports.

People who are unsure about life purpose can explore values and next steps in focused sessions. Rachael uses practical prompts and questions to reveal options and narrow choices. She encourages short experiments and real-world adjustments so clients can learn what feels workable.

Sessions are conducted in English. Prospective clients should confirm current session formats before booking and follow the site steps to begin the matching process.

Approaches for working online on relationships and life purpose

Rachael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach is problem-focused work that identifies interaction patterns in relationships and teaches concrete communication and boundary skills. This helps with recurring conflicts, parenting coordination, and workplace interactions.

She also emphasizes mood-focused strategies to address depression and low energy. These techniques break tasks into manageable steps, establish small routines, and use short behavioral experiments to see what improves daily functioning and mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rachael will collaborate with each client to decide which techniques to try based on goals, preferences, and what shows early signs of benefit. That helps clarify next steps and keep sessions practical and goal-oriented.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow check-ins during work breaks or between caregiving tasks. Some formats may be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, so ask about available options when you schedule.