About Rachael
Rachael Okun is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel like a practical place to be heard. Rachael’s style is direct and collaborative, focused on small changes that reduce daily strain and improve how people cope.
Rachael uses her clinical background to guide conversations about loss, illness, caregiving, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She has worked in hospice and palliative care and has experience with aging and geriatric issues, cancer, chronic pain, and end-of-life concerns. That time in medical settings shaped how she supports people through hard seasons. Before clinical work she spent time in project management and still values practical problem solving.
In sessions she and the person she’s working with set clear goals, try different strategies, and check what’s helping. Her approach blends attention to emotions with realistic steps to manage everyday demands. Rachael balances professional life with family responsibilities and caregiving roles at home.
She understands the strain that comes with supporting a loved one through illness and the questions that follow serious health events. Rachael makes space for both sadness and small moments of relief. She practices in Maryland and offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Rachael aims to help people feel steadier, clearer, and more able to handle what comes next.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Rachael draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine practical problem solving with emotional support. One approach emphasizes skills for managing anxiety and stress through step-by-step coping strategies, breathing and attention techniques, and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns. This helps people reduce daily overwhelm and build steady routines.She also uses approaches geared toward grief, loss, and life transitions that create space to name painful feelings while finding ways to honor what matters. These methods help people navigate difficult decisions, caregiving stress, and the emotional impact of illness or end-of-life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachael works with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels helpful. She checks in often to make sure strategies match a person’s needs and day-to-day realities.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls let the therapist and client read expressions and work in real time. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier during busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, short problem-solving notes, or continued support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into a busy life and make it easier to stay consistent with the work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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