Dr Rachel Klickman was raised in Oregon with a menagerie of animals. She served two years in the United States Army and then moved to Maryland where she worked as a veterinary assistant in an emergency clinic. She became a credentialed veterinary technician and then earned her DVM from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007.

After graduation, she did an internship in an emergency clinic, then worked in other small animal practices before starting her integrative medicine journey.

Dr Klickman was certified by IVAS in acupuncture in 2015 and completed an apprenticeship in Western herbal medicine in 2017. She then worked in a hospice and palliative care practice, and earned her certification in hospice and palliative care. After six years in the hospice practice, she joined Healing Paws, an integrative medicine practice in Maryland.