Rachel Shopper MS, NCC, LCMHC (she/her)
I am a licensed counselor in Asheville, NC, and have worked in a variety of mental health settings including outpatient, residential, and wilderness therapy.
I am a certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, and am a Kripalu-trained yoga instructor at the 200hr level. I’ve completed over two years of training and mentorship in deep nature connection and wilderness rites of passage work.
I’ve had a broad variety of life experiences which influence my perspective as a counselor. I’ve worked as a deep nature connection educator, lived out of a backpack in Central America, studied and practiced agroforestry and permaculture design internationally, and worked as a poetry editor for a literary press.
I appreciate the vulnerability of asking for help and I’ve learned firsthand the combination of grit and surrender involved in the process of change. Above all, I bring a down-to-earth sense of humor and authenticity to my counseling practice.