About Me

About Rachel Mosier, MS, LISW

My name is Rachel Mosier, and I'm a licensed psychotherapist in the state of Iowa.

Deciding to start therapy — whether it's for you, your child, or your whole family — isn't a sign that something is wrong. It's a sign you're ready for things to feel different: more understood, more connected, more grounded. Real change doesn't come from advice alone. It comes from understanding your story, learning to notice your thoughts and emotions as they arise, and practicing new ways of responding — skills that hold up outside of session, not just in it. My style is warm and supportive, but I won't let you circle the same issue forever — I'll be direct with you as we work toward what you actually came here for.

Experience spanning every age and stage.  

Since 2006, my clinical focus has widened — from children and parent training into adult and couples work — giving me a broad, lived sense of how people change across every stage of life. That range comes from real-world experience: I've worked in community and college counseling centers, outpatient and inpatient hospitals, and a therapeutic school, combining direct clinical work with a research background. I've also contributed to child development research projects and taught a college-level child development course. Along the way, I've supported clients facing serious psychiatric illness, parent-child conflict, mood and anxiety disorders, and the disorientation of major life transitions — so wherever you're starting from, it's likely familiar ground for me.

Working with the past, but grounded in the present.

I take a trauma-informed approach to this work. Experiences that felt threatening, or environments and relationships that carried toxic stress, shape how a person moves through the world long after the fact. I know how to work with those deeper layers and the patterns they've created, while staying grounded in what's happening for you right now.

Confident parenting leads to confident children.

When a child feels secure in their relationship with a parent, they develop higher self-esteem, better problem-solving abilities, and more happiness in their relationships. I'm trained in two evidence-based approaches built specifically around this: Child-Parent Psychotherapy and Circle of Security. I work alongside you, combining the expertise you have on your child with my knowledge of child development and effective parenting strategies — addressing problem behaviors from anxiety to aggression. As a result, your relationship with your child strengthens, your child's capacity to cope with big emotions improves, and the behaviors that have been hard to change begin to ease.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if have any questions about therapy work with me. I will be honored to accompany you on your path to better well-being.

Sincerely,