About Rachel
Dr. Rachel Kinison offers calm, practical support for people coping with stress and anxiety. She speaks plainly and focuses on small, useful changes that make daily life easier.
Rachel brings almost 20 years of counseling experience to each session and approaches problems with patience and humor. Rachel holds a doctorate in Pastoral Community Counseling and a master’s degree in Counseling. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in community counseling agencies, a hospital behavioral health unit, and adult probation programs. In sessions she typically uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also draws on trauma-focused methods and narrative ideas when they fit a person's situation.
Rachel says not everyone fits one method, so she mixes approaches to match each person's needs. Her areas of focus include anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, anger, and life transitions. She also works with issues like chronic pain, aging concerns, first responder and veteran-related stress, and feelings of isolation.
Rachel mentions she manages some movement-related health conditions herself and brings that lived experience to her work. She enjoys relaxation techniques and teaches practical skills clients can practice between sessions. Rachel aims to guide people toward one manageable change that leads to broader improvement.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Dr. Kinison commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on managing the impact of traumatic events and building skills to feel more in control of reactions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust the plan as you progress. Clients and the therapist work together to find techniques that feel useful and manageable in daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for longer, interactive sessions; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited; chat and text allow for shorter check-ins and written reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep consistent work on anxiety and stress-reduction skills.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Florida
- Languages
- English
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