Rachel Rabinor, LCSW

Rachel Rabinor, LCSW I help women struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss + miscarriage, and pregnancy + postpartum depression and anxiety (OCD, PTSD, panic disorder)

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice. I specialize in Maternal Mental Health- the before, during and after of pregnancy. I help women manage these challenging times through consultation and counseling services. I offer therapy in your home, Walk and Talk Therapy and traditional office-based therapy.

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week.A time to bring language and visibility to an experience that is often ...
04/22/2026

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week.

A time to bring language and visibility to an experience that is often invisible, and too often lived in isolation.

Infertility can be hard to talk about—especially while you’re in the middle of it.

The decisions, the waiting, uncertainty, hope, and loss are often experienced in lonely and private moments.

When something so meaningful goes unspoken for long enough, it can begin to feel like you’re the only one carrying it.

But that isn’t the full story.

This week, and beyond, is about remembering: you are not alone in this.

There are others who truly understand. And there are places where this experience can be shared, in ways that don’t require editing or minimizing.

For those looking for support or community, : The National Infertility Association offers directories to help you find resources and groups

Secondary infertility can feel especially complex, and harder to talk about out loud.It’s not just the longing. It’s the...
04/17/2026

Secondary infertility can feel especially complex, and harder to talk about out loud.

It’s not just the longing. It’s the layers around it.

The way gratitude and grief can exist at the same time.
The way support can feel inconsistent, or missing altogether.
The way you can feel out of place, even in spaces meant to understand infertility.

Many women I work with tell me they find themselves minimizing their experience, or questioning whether it’s “valid enough” to need support.

But grief doesn’t need to be compared to matter.
And it doesn’t need to be carried alone.

This is the kind of space we create in group. The nuance of this experience is deeply understood, and you don’t have to explain or justify what you’re feeling.

If this resonates, please join us 🤍
Next group begins April 24
Link in bio or feel free to DM me for more info

secondaryinfertility

04/15/2026

Secondary infertility can feel especially isolating.

Not because it matters less,�but because it’s talked about less.

If you’ve felt that, you’re not alone.

There’s space for you here 🤍�Group begins April 24

There’s a particular kind of grief that comes with secondary infertility that’s hard to name out loud.You’re already a p...
04/09/2026

There’s a particular kind of grief that comes with secondary infertility that’s hard to name out loud.

You’re already a parent.
You love your child deeply.
And still, you find yourself in cycles of hope, loss, waiting, and uncertainty.

It can feel confusing to hold both.
And because of that, many women tell me they hesitate to reach for support.
They minimize.
They question whether it’s “valid enough.”
They carry it quietly, and alone.

But this experience deserves care, too.

In group, something shifts when you’re with other women who don’t need the backstory explained, who already understand the nuance, the guilt, the longing, the complexity of this season.

That kind of space can be both grounding and relieving in a way that’s hard to replicate anywhere else.

If you’ve been navigating this on your own, consider joining us.

Next group begins April 24
Open to California residents.
Link in bio or DM me for details 🤍

03/23/2026

Do you run therapy groups? Would you like to? If you’re interested in growing your practice or connecting with other group therapists, join us, San Diego Group Psychotherapy Society, for our first in-person networking event.

Relationships allow us to grow in unique ways that we can’t on our own. This weekly women’s therapy group is a space to ...
03/17/2026

Relationships allow us to grow in unique ways that we can’t on our own.

This weekly women’s therapy group is a space to slow down, reflect, and experience yourself in connection with others. You can explore your patterns, practice new ways of relating, and build courage to show up more fully in life.

Group therapy offers something powerful that individual work alone can’t. Groups offer real-time insight, support, and the opportunity to feel seen and understood.

If you’re feeling ready for deeper connection and meaningful personal growth, I’d love to talk with you.

Reach out through the link on my bio, or dm me to schedule a consultation to learn more.

         authenticityjourney healtogether

What a week! Monday .dr.ab.__ and I hosted our second sold out screening and panel discussion on perimenopause with loc...
02/28/2026

What a week! Monday .dr.ab.__ and I hosted our second sold out screening and panel discussion on perimenopause with local expert providers and . All proceeds were donated to who have been heloing immigrant families in San Diego for 50 years. I’m going to miss you, .dr.ab.__ , and so glad we squeezed this in before you move.

Wrapped up Friday with a maternal rage training by .mom.collective along with so many of my favorite colleagues (and friends) , followed by a panel discussion on the intersection of maternal rage and the hormonal fluctuations of postpartum, PMDD and perimenopause. My cup is full! And I just landed in NYC for a week of group therapy training at and some bonus time with family. So grateful to love what I do!

02/27/2026

San Diego therapists! If you haven’t heard, we’re working hard to revive San Diego Group Psychotherapy Society (SDGPS). Please spread the word to anyone who runs groups in their practice, or would like to expand in this way. And please reach out if you’ll be at AGPA— I’m headed east tomorrow!

Before joining an infertility group, almost every woman asks me some version of these questions 🤍• Will anyone else real...
01/23/2026

Before joining an infertility group, almost every woman asks me some version of these questions 🤍

• Will anyone else really get what I’ve been through?
• Is my experience “enough”… or maybe too much?
• I’m shy—will I have to talk?

The truth is: no two people in this group have had the same fertility journey. What is shared is grief and loss. Whether you’ve been trying for 6 months or 6 years, whether your story feels “unfinished” or painfully full—if you are grieving the loss of your imagined family or future, you belong here.

This group is both a place to be supported and a place to build tools. We’ll learn and practice mind–body skills to help you cope with the emotional and physical toll of infertility—while also connecting with other women who truly get it.

And if you’re wondering: no, you don’t have to share before you’re ready. You’re welcome to listen, take up space quietly, and move at your own pace.

My next infertility group begins this February and is an intimate, supportive, clinician-led space for women navigating infertility.

If you’re curious, hesitant, or feeling that pull of “maybe this could help,” I’d love to connect. DM me or visit the link in my bio for details.

You don’t have to carry this alone ✨

If you’ve learned to quiet your needs, soften your truth, or shrink yourself to keep the peace—you’re not alone. And you...
12/18/2025

If you’ve learned to quiet your needs, soften your truth, or shrink yourself to keep the peace—you’re not alone. And you’re not broken.

In my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group, we create space to notice these patterns, understand where they came from, and practice showing up differently—together. This is a place to take meaningful emotional risks, be witnessed, and grow your capacity to be seen without apology.

You don’t have to do this work alone.

If 2026 is the year you want to stop circling the same patterns and start making real change, this group offers a place to do that work—with support.

Enrollment is now open.
This is a small, intimate group (limited to 8 women) that meets for 90 minutes each week in my Mission Hills office.

Visit the link in my bio to learn more—or reach out if you’re wondering whether this group is the right fit for you.

Did Thanksgiving bring up more than you expected… and are you noticing the ripple effects as we head into the next round...
12/11/2025

Did Thanksgiving bring up more than you expected… and are you noticing the ripple effects as we head into the next round?

For so many of us, going “home for the holidays” means stepping back into roles we’ve outgrown, bumping into old wounds, or feeling ourselves react in ways we haven’t in years. Even when we’ve done a lot of work on ourselves, those early relationship patterns run deep, and holidays tend to bring them right to the surface.

If you’re noticing old dynamics creeping into your thoughts, anxiety about upcoming gatherings, frustration about how you reacted over Thanksgiving, or a tender, vulnerable feeling you can’t quite name…You’re not alone.

These moments are rich with information about our relational patterns, and exactly the kind of material we’ll explore inside my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group.

In group, we look at:
✨ Why certain relationships trigger us
✨ The patterns we reenact (often without meaning to)
✨ What it’s like to practice new ways of showing up in real time, with support and reflection

If you’re ready for deeper growth in community, send me a message to learn more about joining my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group, starting in 2026.

Did Thanksgiving bring up more than you expected… and are you noticing the ripple effects as we head into the next round...
12/11/2025

Did Thanksgiving bring up more than you expected… and are you noticing the ripple effects as we head into the next round?

For so many of us, going “home for the holidays” means stepping back into roles we’ve outgrown, bumping into old wounds, or feeling ourselves react in ways we haven’t in years. Even when we’ve done a lot of work on ourselves, those early relationship patterns run deep, and holidays tend to bring them right to the surface.

If you’re noticing:
• old dynamics creeping into your thoughts
• anxiety about upcoming gatherings
• frustration about how you reacted over Thanksgiving
• or a tender, vulnerable feeling you can’t quite name…

You’re not alone. These moments are rich with information about our relational patterns, and exactly the kind of material we’ll explore inside my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group.

If you’re noticing old dynamics creeping into your thoughts, anxiety about upcoming gatherings, frustration about how you reacted over Thanksgiving, or a tender, vulnerable feeling you can’t quite name…You’re not alone.

These moments are rich with information about our relational patterns, and exactly the kind of material we’ll explore inside my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group.

In group, we look at:
✨ Why certain relationships trigger us
✨ The patterns we reenact (often without meaning to)
✨ What it’s like to practice new ways of showing up in real time, with support and reflection

If you’re ready for deeper growth in community, send me a message to learn more about joining my Women’s Empowerment and Process Group, starting in 2026.

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3921 Goldfinch Street
San Diego, CA
92103

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Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 1pm - 6pm

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