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High-Impact Therapy for High-Stakes Conflict

When relationships are under strain, it often feels impossible to slow things down—arguments escalate, trust fractures, and both partners feel pulled into patterns they don’t recognize or want. My first priority is to create a steady, structured therapeutic space where intensity can settle enough for clarity, safety, and repair to become possible.

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Rachel Kling – Licensed Psychologist – Master

Vermont License: 047.0133691

Beyond the Friction

Relationship crises can feel overwhelming not because either partner is failing, but because stress reorganizes how each person reacts, protects, and reaches for connection. Whether you are navigating broken trust or long-standing gridlock, therapy begins by reducing reactivity and restoring a sense of ground—so the relationship is no longer driven solely by urgency or fear.

The Art of Relational Alignment

My work is deeply informed by over 20 years of Aikido, a martial art centered on staying balanced in the presence of force. On the mat, safety and stability come first; technique follows only once both people are grounded.

In the therapy room, this translates into a calm, disciplined approach that helps couples slow interactions down, understand what is happening beneath the surface, and respond with intention rather than reflex.

I don’t rely on scripts. I use a clear, clinical lens to help you:

Step off the “Battlefield”

Reduce the attack–defend cycle so conversations can stabilize.

Redirect the Energy

Learn to understand your partner’s experience without abandoning your own center.

Build durable repair

Transform moments of rupture into opportunities for understanding and long-term change.

Positioning

As a Licensed Psychologist-Master and published author, I specialize in the kind of relational work that requires both emotional safety and precision. My practice is well-suited for couples who want more than quick fixes and are ready to engage thoughtfully with patterns that have been shaping their relationship for years.

The Strategy

Focus

Crisis of trust, high-stakes conflict, and deep relational repair.

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Investment

$250 per session.

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Access

Statewide Telehealth | Select in-person spots in Burlington, VT.

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Contact

I invite you to reach out for a free 15-minute Zoom consultation.

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”Rupture is inevitable; repair is a discipline.

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Rachel Kling – Licensed Psychologist – Master

Vermont License: 047.0133691

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802 777 5499

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