About Rachel
Rachel Pehrson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nine years of experience as a psychotherapist. She earned her Master of Social Work in 2012 from Long Island University and has practiced in community mental health, primary care and pain management clinics, homeless shelters, and outpatient substance use treatment settings.
Her work includes helping people who face anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, trauma, and grief. She has also supported clients living with chronic pain and medical conditions.
Background and approach
Rachel helps people build clearer communication skills to improve relationships and manage everyday stressors. Rachel describes her counseling style as warm and interactive. She aims to be respectful and sensitive, avoiding labels and tailoring sessions to each person's needs.
Conversations are practical and focused on real-life changes rather than abstract theory. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas, psychodynamic perspectives, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to shape treatment. Mindfulness exercises are often used to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed.
Rachel encourages people who want a more fulfilling life and offers steady support while they try new ways of coping. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, clear goals, and practical skills that can be used between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Rachel often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and practice new behaviors; CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or stress-related problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, life situation, and preferences. Over the first few sessions together they will try things and adjust the plan as needed.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can help fit care into a busy life by reducing travel time, enabling shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and allowing work on mindfulness and behavioral practice between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT exercises for remote work so people can practice skills at home and during everyday routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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