About Rachel
Rachel Giles is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience in California. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Rachel previously supported people facing career challenges in the nonprofit sector and brings that practical perspective to sessions.
Her approach is warm and accepting. Sessions are interactive and focus on curiosity and exploration rather than judgment. Rachel aims to build a steady, respectful relationship where people can talk about hard topics and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Rachel blends several therapy methods to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered conversations to follow what matters most to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are introduced when calming the body and mind helps reduce anxiety or stress. Motivational Interviewing can help people find momentum when they want change but feel stuck. Psychodynamic ideas are brought in to notice patterns that repeat over time.
In sessions Rachel supports people as they set clear, achievable goals. She offers guidance, gentle challenge, and practical strategies for day-to-day problems. Her work often focuses on improving communication, handling relationship and family problems, managing career stress, and coping with grief or past trauma.
Rachel encourages people to be curious about themselves and to experiment with small changes. She helps clients weigh options, rebuild self-esteem, and make steady progress toward clearer priorities and healthier routines.
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Rachel uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. This approach centers on listening, reflecting, and making space for someone to set their own pace and goals. It is useful for people who need a steady, supportive place to work through stress and anxiety.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavior changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it breaks issues into small, workable steps that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Rachel will talk with each client about their needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit. Together they check what helps and adapt the plan as work progresses.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are close to an in-person session and allow face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or to fit a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing support between sessions and can work well for brief updates, coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable than talking.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use tools that match how someone prefers to communicate.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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