About Rachel
Rachel Lauria is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that feel manageable. She aims to build self-compassion and clearer communication in short, steady sessions.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then works with each person to set small goals. Sessions often include straightforward skills and chances to reflect on what matters most.
Background and approach
Rachel uses several evidence-based approaches to fit different needs. She may draw on cognitive behavior strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice values and take action that aligns with them.
Mindfulness and client-centered ways of working show up in sessions too, helping people slow down and name what they feel. Dialectical behavior therapy tools may be offered for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when those skills are useful. Her background includes three years of clinical practice as an LCSW in New York.
That experience includes supporting people with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment questions, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and grief or end-of-life issues. Rachel blends practical skill-building with attention to past wounds so change can feel steady and realistic.
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. It often includes practical exercises to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to calm the body and clarify thinking, which can ease stress and improve emotional awareness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust them as progress unfolds, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from wherever someone is, while phone sessions can fit into a break at work or avoid bandwidth issues. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges when that suits them. These options make it easier to use therapy consistently and to practice new skills in day-to-day settings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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