About Rachel
Rachel Margolin is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience. She is based in Pennsylvania and has worked with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, and many life transitions. Rachel practices in a way that is warm and interactive and she affirms LGBT identities.
She treats each person as the expert on their own life. Sessions focus on listening first, then on practical steps that fit daily routines.
Background and approach
Rachel blends approaches so conversations can turn quickly into skills and choices that feel useful. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters most and take values-based action.
Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns and connection. Clients often come with concerns about parenting, grief, intimacy, addiction, ADHD, career strain, or major life changes. Rachel also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care, aging issues, family of origin problems, and fertility concerns.
She addresses emotion regulation and coping skills when anger, shame, or guilt get in the way. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort. Rachel aims to make therapy practical and compassionate so clients can try small changes between sessions.
She encourages clear goals and regular check-ins to track progress and adjust the plan as needed.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Rachel integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and take steps that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing concrete skills to change behavior and mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, and then suggest methods to try. That way the plan is collaborative and can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow a full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or use shorter exchanges when that format is more practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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