Meet Rakema.

I’m excited that you are here! That means you have chosen to put yourself first! Negative thoughts and emotions can often have you feeling unwanted and unloved. As a result, you may find your relationship with yourself or others suffering. To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

I help clients identify obstacles, recognize their strengths, assist with reframing how their thought patterns affect their quality of life, and find solutions to seeming problems. I aim to guide clients to a more realistic sense of self and facilitate change by providing a non-judgmental and compassionate environment.

I am dedicated to empowering clients to become the best version of themselves. I aspire to work with teens, adolescents, and adults who experience depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and trauma. With a collaborative relationship, I hope clients leave with increased self-awareness. I look forward to accompanying YOU on your healing journey!

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Are you struggling to create a sustainable

self-care routine?

These self-care tips will help.


Find a Quiet Spot to Meditate

Finding quiet in the midst of noise has its benefits. Some of the benefits associated with medication is improved sleep cycles, improved emotional health, and an increase in self-awareness. Meditation is also an amazing way to focus on the present moment.

Make a Gratitude List

Gratitude is the attitude for increase. Studies have shown that practicing gratitude can increase positive emotions by as much as 25 percent. If you want to increase your self-esteem, feel happier, increase empathy, sleep better, and invite more good things into your life express gratitude daily.

Practice Deep Breathing

To live is to breathe. Throughout the day, check in with yourself to ensure that you take deep cleansing breaths. Remembering to stop throughout the day to take deep breaths will help calm your nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, slow your heart rate, boosts energy and mood.

Listen to Good Music

Go ahead and press play on your favorite jam! Listening to good music can improve your memory and boost your mood as it releases the feel-good neurochemical dopamine. Listening to good music can help you perform better, reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure, and decrease stress.

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