About Rachel
Rachel Richard is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 27 years of experience. She works with people managing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and addiction. Rachel aims to make the first step feel a bit easier by offering calm, straightforward support.
Rachel keeps sessions simple and focused. She listens for what matters most and helps clients notice how their body and thoughts respond to stress. The work can include talking, noticing physical reactions, and trying small practical skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Her approach blends body awareness with evidence-based strategies like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-focused work. That combination helps people move through strong emotions, rebuild routines, and tackle problems that affect sleep, appetite, energy, and relationships. Sessions also address parenting strain, caregiver stress, grief, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem.
Rachel holds LPCC licensure in Kentucky and Ohio and practices in Indiana. She supports people dealing with mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and disruptive mood patterns, as well as attention difficulties, substance concerns, and eating-related struggles. She meets people where they are and tailors plans to each person’s goals.
Rachel uses a direct, compassionate style. She encourages small steps and practical experiments between meetings. Many clients work on clearer communication, reduced reactivity, healthier routines, and a stronger sense of control over daily life.
Using body awareness and practical therapy online
Somatic work helps people tune into how stress and emotion show up in the body and uses that awareness to reduce reactivity and feel more grounded. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values. Client-Centered Therapy centers on a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and daily life, then suggest options. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s needs and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers a flexible way to use these approaches. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for body awareness and coaching. Phone sessions suit people who prefer less visual focus. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between meetings and practice skills in real time. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into a busy life and to keep using skills where they matter most.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
- Languages
- English