Rachel Magnusson

Expertise:

• Anxiety
• Career burnout
• Depression
• Grief & Loss
• Intimate Partner Violence (Domestic Violence)
• Life Changes/Transitions
• Personal Growth
• Questions of Meaning, Authenticity, Spirituality Issues
• Low self-esteem
• Trauma
• Mindfulness, Stress Management

Rachel Magnusson is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at Campbell Teen & Family Therapy, Inc., where she provides therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and strength-based, centered on creating a space where one feels respected and understood. Rachel helps clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, relationship challenges, life transitions, and identity development with compassion, cultural humility and clinical expertise.

For parents seeking support for their children or teens, Rachel offers developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, affirming care tailored to the unique needs of young people facing anxiety, emotional regulation challenges, social stress, or family conflict. She works closely with parents to strengthen family relationships and foster healthy communication at home.

With a multicultural lens, Rachel enjoys supporting adults through periods of uncertainty, burnout, identity shifts, and life transitions, including those seeking greater meaning and fulfillment in the second half of life. Drawing from developmental and transpersonal psychology, she helps clients explore questions of purpose, growth, and self-discovery, always honoring each individual’s journey.

In her work with couples, Rachel integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and attachment-based approaches to help partners deepen emotional connection, improve communication, and interrupt patterns of conflict or disconnection. She also incorporates Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help individuals and couples explore the internal emotional patterns and protective responses that often influence relationship dynamics.

With a background in community mental health at Bill Wilson Center, school-based services, and private practice, Rachel’s therapeutic style incorporates a variety of evidence-based modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Play Therapy, Positive Psychology, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and trauma-informed care. She is particularly experienced in working with neurodivergent youth, individuals healing from trauma, those grappling with job dissatisfaction/burnout/Imposter Syndrome, couples experiencing relational strain, and adults seeking clarity, resilience, and a deeper connection to themselves and their values.

Rachel earned her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University with an emphasis in Health Psychology, completing the rigorous 78-unit program that meets California licensure requirements for Marriage and Family Therapy. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University, reflecting her lifelong commitment to research, learning, and evidence-based practice.

Education:

M.A., Santa Clara University, Counseling Psychology, Health emphasis

M.L.I.S., San Jose State University, Library & Information Science

B.A., University of California at Berkeley, English

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