About Rachel
Rachel Anauo is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people manage anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, and low self-esteem. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes or emotional pain. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at small steps that make daily life easier.
Rachel draws on 15 years of clinical experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She uses evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help clients notice unhelpful thought patterns and build coping skills.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused work help people set realistic goals and keep progress moving. In sessions she helps people sort through relationship and intimacy concerns, family-of-origin wounds, and the fallout of betrayal or loss. She also addresses caregiver stress, codependency, substance use concerns, and the emptiness that can follow major life shifts.
Conversations are straightforward and grounded in practical tools rather than jargon. Rachel supports people working through career strain, commitment and control issues, body-image struggles, and the shame that often hides beneath daily behaviors. Therapy emphasizes small, doable changes and clearer choices.
She partners with clients to build routines, communication habits, and coping plans that fit real life. People can expect a balance of skill-building and reflective conversation. Rachel helps track progress and adjust strategies as needs change.
Her goal is to help people feel more capable of handling stress and to regain a greater sense of direction and self-worth.
How her approaches work online
Rachel uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice habits of thought and behavior that keep anxiety and low mood active. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing different responses, which can reduce worry and make everyday tasks feel more manageable. Mindfulness teaches simple attention skills and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve emotional steadiness.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who want change but feel stuck. That approach helps clarify personal values and strengthen motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving self-care. Rachel treats choosing methods as a collaborative process and will help you try options and see what fits your goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions work well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or when scheduling needs to be flexible. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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