Rachel Zinn

Rachel (aka Ray) came to Heron Hill in November of 2025. Until then, she spent her licensed career helping Indigenous people while working for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who starts from a Person-Centered Therapy model and adds in other modalities as indicated by the people she works with. Her other modalities include nature based therapy, Brainspotting, Gottman-style couples counseling, mindfulness, self-compassion, and experiential therapy. Rachel is new to equine therapy, but can occasionally offer this modality and plans to further her career by attaining certification in equine therapy to offer it when clients would like.

Rachel has many years of experience in the mental health world, working with many different populations starting in 1999 with direct care work serving people with severe and persistent mental illness, working as a school counselor at an alternative high school, and spending a lot of time with tribal members helping them work through generational trauma and other sources of trauma.

Rachel is open to working with any age group, but enjoys spending her time with youth and watching them find their spark in life and establish healthy relationships with their loved ones and peers.