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Online therapist

Rachael Hudson

Compassionate counseling for families and relationships

Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Rachael

Rachael Hudson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina. She uses a warm, interactive style to help people facing stress, anxiety, mood changes, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and other life disruptions. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and practical steps.

She meets with individuals, couples, and families and brings ten years of counseling experience to each appointment. Rachael listens first to understand what has already been tried and what matters most now.

Background and approach

She often brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment ideas, and solution-focused thinking into sessions. Together with clients she identifies patterns from the past that affect today and then builds small, concrete changes to try. Each meeting checks progress and adjusts plans as needed.

Her practice includes help for grief, trauma, addiction concerns, compassion fatigue, career stress, and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses caregiver strain, chronic illness coping, codependency, and communication problems. Rachael notes limits around certain specialized addiction work and will suggest a different clinician when a concern falls outside her scope.

Rachael aims to join clients where they are and work collaboratively toward workable solutions. She keeps work straightforward and focused on what will move a family or relationship forward. For parents and partners feeling stuck, she offers calm guidance and practical next steps.

Clients can expect sessions that balance empathy with action. Rachael tracks plans and progress so goals stay in view. Her approach is flexible and adjusts to each family’s needs and pace.

How Rachael’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. Online sessions use that lens to look at how family roles and patterns affect stress and parenting. This approach helps when trust and closeness feel strained in relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions, Rachael helps clients spot unhelpful thinking and practice small behavior changes that improve mood and sleep. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachael collaborates with each person or couple to decide which methods best match their goals and preferences. She checks in about progress and shifts techniques when something isn’t working, so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit daily life and family schedules. These formats make it easier to keep momentum between appointments and to use skills in real time when issues arise.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rachael address?
Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, grief, trauma, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, anger, career stress, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses a warm, interactive approach and often applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and solution-focused strategies. The style focuses on understanding patterns and trying practical steps in session.
How long has she been practicing?
Rachael has ten years of counseling experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with license number SC LPC 6159.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

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