About Rachael
Rachael Cutts is a licensed counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with clients facing depression, addictions, relationship strain, and challenges related to self-esteem. She also supports people coping with major life changes and grief.
Rachael approaches therapy with a straightforward, respectful style. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations focus on practical steps and real goals rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Her sessions often use techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative ways of responding. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients notice difficult feelings and still move toward what matters to them. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness.
Rachael aims to make work in therapy collaborative and goal-oriented. She helps clients set concrete, achievable steps and checks progress along the way. Sessions can include problem-solving, behavioral experiments, and skill practice tailored to each person.
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential - LCPC - and brings nearly two decades of clinical experience. People who want a practical, compassionate approach will find support for anxiety, parenting stress, career concerns, and other life challenges.
Approach, goals, and online options
Rachael commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems stuck and then practice different responses. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help clients accept difficult feelings while taking action toward values and meaningful goals. Mindfulness techniques are offered to build awareness and reduce reactivity in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rachael collaborates with each person to choose and adjust methods based on their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. She checks in on progress and tailors exercises so they fit a person’s life and preferences.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls are useful for a more traditional session feel, while phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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