About Rachel
Rachel Hayes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who practices from Florida. She uses a practical, people-focused approach to help with anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship problems, and other life stresses. Rachel aims to make therapy feel straightforward and manageable for someone seeking change.
She draws on client-centered work that keeps conversations focused on each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her toolkit for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Rachel has eight years of counseling experience. That background includes working in inpatient and outpatient settings and supporting people with trauma, eating issues, substance concerns, and chronic pain.
She helps people who struggle with family of origin problems, codependency, and patterns of abandonment or attachment difficulties. Sessions are practical and interactive. Rachel often combines skill teaching, problem-solving, and trauma-focused methods like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when that fits the client's goals.
Motivational Interviewing is used to support behavior change and build commitment. Her style is compassionate and down-to-earth. She works with each person to build a plan that matches their needs and pace.
Many clients find this clear, goal-oriented approach helpful when managing anxiety or coping with life changes.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and lived experience, with sessions shaped by what the client wants to address. It helps people feel heard and guides progress at a personal pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by working on specific patterns between thinking and acting.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Short skill-focused exercises and real-life practice are common parts of this approach.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan over time.
Online therapy can make attending sessions easier and more flexible. Video calls allow a close face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while using the approaches described above to address anxiety, trauma, and behavior change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Texas, Florida
- Languages
- English
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