Rashel Perry
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Bio
Rashel Perry is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years in mental health and addictions, practicing at Changing Lives Therapy, LLC in Phoenix. She sees clients in person at the practice's Missouri Avenue office and by telehealth, and she is licensed in both Arizona and California, so the virtual work reaches clients in either state. Her focus is trauma and addiction, and she works with teens through older adults.
She describes herself as a short-term, solution-focused therapist, and that is the shape of the work rather than a scheduling preference. She is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy, a structured and time-limited approach for people who have experienced or witnessed trauma, and in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which she uses for depression, suicidal ideation, and distress tolerance. Her own description of her style is direct and challenging, and the clients she names as her focus are teens and adults who are motivated to do focused, goal-oriented work.
My goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.
Alongside trauma and addiction she works with anxiety, depression, and life transitions, and brings mindfulness into the room. She does not take on long-term couples work, but she does offer sessions on addiction and trauma education for a client's loved ones — often where a family's understanding of what is actually happening begins. She describes the room as a neutral, safe space, and herself as an LGBTQ+ and racially unbiased provider.
Rashel holds a Master of Social Work and is licensed as a clinical social worker in Arizona, #LCSW-19611, and in California, #79713. In Arizona she is in-network with Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, and UnitedHealthcare; in California with Blue Shield of California, Carelon Behavioral Health, IHSS Healthy Workers, L.A. Care, Sharp Health Plan, and Sutter Health Plan. Private-pay sessions are $125 per hour, with a sliding fee scale available on request. Current openings are Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, with Friday and additional times by request.
Therapeutic Approach
- Short-term and solution-focused by design, working toward a defined goal rather than open-ended talk
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma — a structured, time-limited protocol for what you have experienced or witnessed
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy for depression, suicidal ideation, and distress tolerance
- Direct and challenging by her own description, which suits clients who are motivated and want to be pushed
- Addiction and trauma education sessions for a client's loved ones, separate from the long-term couples work she does not take on
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Rashel is in-network in Arizona with Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, and UnitedHealthcare, and in California with Blue Shield of California, Carelon Behavioral Health, IHSS Healthy Workers, L.A. Care, Sharp Health Plan, and Sutter Health Plan. She also sees private-pay clients. Private-pay sessions are $125 per hour, and a sliding fee scale is available on request. Appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice carry a $75 fee, waived where the circumstances were outside the client's control. A Good Faith Estimate is provided on request for uninsured and self-pay clients. Contact the practice to confirm current fees, coverage, and openings before scheduling.