Rachel Sietzema
Practitioner Introduction
I specialise in working with people who have become used to being the one who is expected to cope, help, get things done for others and keep everything going, often at the expense of themselves. This can show up as people-pleasing, over-responsibility, perfectionism, procrastination, difficulty saying no, guilt when putting yourself first, or simply feeling that there is never enough time for you.
I don't see these as flaws to fix. Often they are incredibly intelligent strategies, developed through childhood experiences to help us stay safe, connected, valued or accepted. The problem isn't the strategy itself. It's when one strategy becomes our automatic response and starts making our choices for us.
Using Matrix Reimprinting, I help people work with the earlier experiences and beliefs that shaped these strategies, so they can keep the strengths within them without being controlled by them. The aim isn't to become less caring, responsible or capable. It's to bring back choice, so these become strategies you can use, rather than strategies that automatically use you.
Practitioner Qualifications
EFT Practitioner
Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner
PSYCH-K® Facilitator – Basic, Advanced and PRO
NLP Practitioner & NLP Coach
Hypnosis
Timeline Therapy
Results Coach
SETS
Bowen Therapist
Graduate Diploma in Special Needs
Diploma of Primary Teaching
About This Practitioner
My work has been shaped by both professional experience and life itself.
Before becoming a practitioner, I spent more than 20 years in education, including primary and special needs teaching. I have always been fascinated by people — why we do what we do, what shapes us, and what allows real change to happen.
My own life has also given me a deep understanding of some of the experiences my clients bring into the room. I have lived alongside disability through my brother, experienced significant grief through the illness and loss of my husband, and navigated my own physical challenges. These experiences haven't given me all the answers, but they have taught me a great deal about resilience, adaptation, loss and what it means to find yourself again when life changes.
I now bring that lived experience together with over a decade of work using EFT, Matrix Reimprinting and other approaches. I believe many of the behaviours we struggle with are actually intelligent strategies we developed to cope, belong, stay safe or feel valued. My work is about helping people understand where those strategies came from, work with the experiences underneath them, and discover they have more choice than their past may have taught them.
I work with clients online, allowing me to work with people throughout Australia and internationally, as well as offering in-person sessions where applicable.
Other Expertise
People-pleasing, over-giving and over-responsibility; perfectionism and procrastination; guilt and difficulty saying no; anxiety and overwhelm; self-worth and confidence; grief and loss; childhood trauma; relationships and communication; disability and carers; chronic illness and life transitions.