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Online therapist

Rachel DeVita

Calm guidance for parents and everyday stress

Credentials
LCMHC, LMHC
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Rachel

Rachel DeVita is a licensed mental health counselor in New Hampshire with 13 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship friction, grief, and struggles with addiction or ADHD. Her manner is warm and supportive, aiming to make conversations straightforward and practical for a parent who needs clear help now.

Rachel listens first and builds plans together. She uses everyday language and focuses on skills people can try between sessions.

Background and approach

Sessions often include tools to manage strong feelings, improve communication, and reduce overwhelm so daily life feels more manageable. Her background includes work in community and residential settings, where she supported people with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, anger, panic, and workplace or first responder stress.

Rachel has training in trauma-focused methods and blends that with cognitive and solution-focused techniques she finds useful for real problems. She uses a holistic perspective that encourages self-care and awareness of how life stress affects emotions and behavior. Rachel adapts each plan to fit what a person needs rather than following a fixed script.

That can mean teaching coping skills, restructuring thoughts, or setting small practical goals. People meet Rachel expecting a steady, empathetic presence and clear steps to try between sessions. Her aim is to help clients notice progress and develop tools to handle future challenges with more confidence.

Online approaches that focus on skills and recovery

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs acceptance and a steady, nonjudgmental place to talk. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors so everyday anxiety, panic, or low mood become more manageable. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal communication when feelings run high.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then try methods that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most in real life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. That variety makes it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, to check in between appointments, and to use different formats as needs change. Licensed professionals can use these tools to teach skills, coach through difficult moments, and support steady progress toward clear goals.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rachel address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship issues, grief, addiction, ADHD, trauma and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and supportive with a focus on listening first and offering practical, easy-to-use skills between sessions.
What kind of experience does she have?
Rachel has 13 years of clinical experience and has worked in community and residential settings supporting people with a broad range of issues.
What credentials and location should I know?
She holds LCMHC and LMHC credentials: NH LCMHC 1207 and MA LMHC 11695, and practices in New Hampshire.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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