Rachel Allen, MS, LPC, NCC
TMT Consultant in Training
Rachel's Clinical Foundation
Rachel Allen (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in supporting LGBTQIA+ clients with dissociative and trauma disorders. She provides individual counseling, clinical consultation, downloadable online resources/templates, on-demand online training, and does in-person training or speaking engagements.
Rachel’s clients seek her out for aid in reducing trauma and dissociative symptoms, and for safety and understanding as a therapist belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community providing affirming therapy specifically to transgender, asexual, and aromantic individuals. Most of her clients are working to manage internalized prejudice, affirming family dynamics, PTSD & complex PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders including depersonalization/derealization disorder & Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
She has previous clinical experience in various settings including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, partial hospitalization programs for teens, and intensive outpatient programs for clients with PTSD and dissociative disorders. Rachel also has extensive experience providing continuing education and specialized consultation for her specialty areas of dissociative disorders, asexual & aromantic clients, and transgender clients. She has presented at various conferences including those put on by American Counseling Association’s division of LGBTQIA+ Counseling (SAIGE), various chapters of the Texas Counseling Association, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and the Dallas chapter of Mental Health of America.
Rachel obtained her masters of science in Counseling degree in 2022 from Southern Methodist University, with a focus in LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy and Clinical Mental Health. She was awarded the Outstanding Student in Psychology Award in 2019 from Southwestern University, and the Texas Counseling Association’s Professional Writing Award in 2025 for her article “A Therapist’s Understanding of Asexuality”. In 2023, she became certified in Trauma Model Therapy through her work at Colin Ross’s Trauma Recovery Institute while treating clients struggling with trauma and Dissociative Disorders.
Since starting her private practice in 2024, Rachel has been passionate about working with clients and training her fellow therapists in the unique clinical presentation of trauma and dissociation within the LGBTQIA+ community.
Why Rachel Appreciates Trauma Model Therapy (TMT)
Rachel was first exposed to Trauma Model Therapy almost immediately out of graduate school when she accepted a part-time position as a group therapist at Colin Ross’s Trauma Recovery Institute. While she always knew she wanted to work with LGBTQIA+ clients who experienced trauma due to her own personal experiences, her experience at the Trauma Recovery Institute expanded her passion for working with all those who struggle with Dissociative Disorders.
While at TRI, Rachel saw first-hand how Trauma Model Therapy directly helped clients with PTSD and DID change unhealthy patterns, develop hope, and better their quality of life. Whereas previously, in her masters of counseling program, Rachel was taught that Dissociative Disorders were extremely rare and virtually untreatable, at TRI when using Trauma Model Therapy she learned just how wrong that clinical mindset was. Those experiences with clients who had finally found a treatment approach that worked, and their meaningful feedback and gratitude for Rachel being “the first therapist who really helped them” after years of disappointing experiences, cemented Rachel’s dedication to using Trauma Model Therapy with clients struggling with PTSD and DID.
As a trauma survivor who deals with PTSD herself, Rachel appreciates what Trauma Model Therapy provides from both the client and clinician perspectives. On the surface level, it addresses the symptoms to find everyday relief, and on the deeper level it explains and challenges the trauma-related thought patterns that are difficult to change. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Rachel appreciates the core features of empathy, compassion, and validation that provide the foundation for Trauma Model Therapy. She considers it a privilege to use Trauma Model Therapy with clients and witness their remarkable improvement.
Clinical Highlights:
Favorite Approaches: Trauma Model Therapy (TMT); LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy; Person-Centered Therapy; Internal Family Systems (IFS); Grounding and Mindfulness-based approaches; Relational-Cultural Theory; Motivational Interviewing; Psychoeducation about dissociation and DID
Consultation Style: collaborative, supportive, encouraging, educational, relaxed, focus on specific interventions and strategies uniquely tailored to specific client
Types of Counseling Experience: individual, assessment, outpatient, TMT groups, LGBTQIA+ support groups, ages 12+
TMT Consultation Details:
Individual: $80 per hour
Group: $50 per hour (2–4 people in a group; flexible scheduling)
Contact Rachel by email to book consultation: admin@rachelacounseling.com