Become who you’re meant to be.
Break the cycles holding you back. Specialized care to calm your nervous system, heal underlying stress or traumas, and restore balance to your life and relationships.
Insurance accepted.
Specialized, evidence-based therapy to help you process the past and find balance in the present.
If you are navigating a major life transition, stuck in a cycle of stress, or carrying the weight of past experiences, you don’t have to do it alone.
At Orchid Counseling, we go beyond basic coping mechanisms to offer deep, transformative healing for adults (18–70). Your pain, whether from a single event or the chronic stress of daily life, affects your mind, body, and connections.
Together, we create a safe, collaborative space to process what’s holding you back, empowering you to move from simply "getting by" to truly thriving.
Services
What We Help With
We address both root causes and modern hurdles:
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Trauma & PTSD: Resolving the impact of past painful events.
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Anxiety & Overwhelm: Managing chronic stress, panic, and the "always-on" feeling or waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Depression & Low Motivation: Finding your way back to yourself when life feels heavy.
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Life Transitions & Relationship Stress: Navigating changes in your career, family, or social life.
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Grief & Loss: Processing life’s biggest changes in a supportive environment.
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OCD & ADHD: Managing intrusive thoughts, mental loops, task paralysis, and sensory overwhelm.
Our Approach
We use advanced, efficient techniques to help you feel better, faster:
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Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART): A fast-acting, brain-based protocol that helps "re-wire" distressing images, mental loops, and physical stress. Effective for PTSD, intrusive thoughts (OCD), sensory overwhelm/paralysis (ADHD), and severe anxiety—often within 1–5 sessions.
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The Flash Technique: A gentle, non-invasive way to reduce the intensity of upsetting memories without having to "relive" them.
These methods are integrated with traditional talk therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness, and Somatic techniques to create a plan that is as unique as you are.
Meet Rachel
Welcome to Orchid Counseling. I’m Rachel Pavlov (LPC, LCDC). I provide specialized mental health counseling for adults in Texas.
My practice focuses on rapid, supportive, and integrated relief using advanced methods like Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) alongside traditional talk therapy.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, or stress, I offer a safe, validating space to help you find lasting healing.
Trauma-Informed & Licensed
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC).
Certified Master Accelerated Resolution Therapy Practitioner (ART)
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please do not use this website to seek immediate help. I am unable to respond to urgent messages in real time. Instead, please call 911, go to your nearest emergency room, or reach out to one of the following 24/7 resources:
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Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988
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Call 911
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Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
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Texas Statewide Mental Health Crisis Line: Call 1-800-252-8039
Your safety and well-being are the top priority—please use these resources if you need immediate support.
