Rachel Ferdowsi

About Rachel Ferdowsi

Rachel Ferdowsi, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist living in South Florida. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University with a specialty in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of moderate to severe depression and anxiety, as well as personality disorders. Dr. Ferdowsi works with adults, couples, and families using a psychodynamic approach. Through this approach, the client is encouraged to examine unresolved conflicts that arise from past dysfunctional relationships and manifest themselves in current symptomatology. She believes that difficult experiences throughout life, and especially during childhood, can affect how we think, how we feel, and the way we relate to ourselves and other people. We can then find ourselves feeling and behaving in ways which we don’t like and don’t understand, but which we seem unable to change. Through the development of a safe and supportive relationship, psychotherapy can help us understand who we are as individuals, what our life experiences and our relationships mean to us, and the ways in which our experiences may be affecting our lives. Additionally, she conducts personality, intellectual, disability, and academic evaluations for children and adults. Dr. Ferdowsi completed a one year clinical psychology internship at Henderson Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Unit, an inpatient psychiatric hospital in Lauderhill, FL, where she specialized in long-term mental illness assessment and treatment. She recently completed a two year postdoctoral residency under the supervision of Nicole Swaggerty-Valdes, Ph.D where she provided psychotherapy for individuals, families, and couples in a private practice setting, along with observation and training in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Additionally, she facilitated a weekly postpartum support group for new parents.

Experience

1. Licensed Psychologist

   BetterHelp

   Apr 2019 — Present

Education

• Nova Southeastern University

  Doctor of Clinical Psychology (Psy.D)

  2010 — 2015

• Florida International University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2005 — 2009