About Rachel
Rachel Dowell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Missouri with five years of direct practice. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and treats people as the experts on their own lives. Rachel listens without judgment and offers straightforward, honest feedback to help clients move forward.
Her approach combines practical strategies and trauma-focused interventions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used when past events continue to cause distress. Rachel also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build small, meaningful steps toward them. Client-centered methods shape the session so the client's voice guides the pace and focus.
Gottman-informed techniques are part of her toolbox for addressing relationship conflict and communication problems. She has experience supporting people dealing with anxiety, stress, grief, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, substance use and co-occurring issues, control and isolation, and post-traumatic stress.
Sessions aim to be practical and actionable. Rachel helps people set goals, test new behaviors, and practice skills between meetings. She prefers a collaborative process that respects each person's values and pace.
How Rachel’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. Online sessions can focus on identifying values, setting manageable goals, and practicing new habits between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In a video or phone session Rachel can guide thought records, behavioral experiments, and real-time skill practice to test what works.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a trauma-focused method used when past events continue to cause distress. When appropriate, she uses EMDR techniques adapted for remote work to help process difficult memories at a pace the client can manage.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Rachel will work with each person to pick approaches that fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods as progress is made. She prioritizes clear explanations and checks in often so clients know why a technique is being used.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or step-by-step homework. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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