Rachel Medefind
Director of the Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health
Rachel is Director of the Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health at the Christian Alliance for Orphans. She has a background in physical therapy and holds a Master’s in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from King’s College London, specializing in early adversity. Rachel has served on multiple boards supporting vulnerable children and helped found Tyndale Christian School in Arlington, Virginia. She advises families facing complex parenting challenges and has invested deeply in education and youth formation. Her recent book, When There Is Crisis: A Handbook for Christian Foster & Adoptive Families Facing Serious Struggle, offers biblically grounded principles and research-based, practical guidance to support families walking through seasons of crisis. Rachel and her husband, Jedd, have welcomed children through birth, adoption and foster care.
Latest Articles by Rachel Medefind
Resources for when foster and adoptive families face a crisis
Teens and Technology: Helping your teen create healthy tech habits now
Technology and family life: Setting limits to support flourishing
How parenting with kind authority can help children heal and flourish
Why your marriage matters for your child’s mental health
