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Rachel Richard

Compassionate practical therapy for everyday challenges

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Credentials
LPCC
Experience
27 years
Licensed in
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Rachel

Rachel Richard is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 27 years of experience. She practices in Indiana and brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions. Rachel focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship and family concerns.

She creates a welcoming space where people can talk about hard things without judgment. Conversations are direct and compassionate, with attention to immediate coping and longer-term change. Rachel helps clients name what is happening and build small, doable steps toward feeling better.

Background and approach

Her work often addresses grief, parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping struggles, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, and attention difficulties like ADHD. She also supports those facing trauma, abuse, life transitions, and caregiving stress. Sessions can include exploring patterns, learning new skills, and practicing strategies between meetings.

Rachel draws on several evidence-based methods to shape sessions to each person’s needs. She uses techniques that help with thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, along with approaches that focus on values and connection. The result is a practical plan that fits daily life and the caller's priorities.

For someone taking the first step toward help, Rachel aims to make the process clear and manageable. She guides scheduling and next steps so families or individuals know what to expect and can begin working toward their goals.

Evidence-based approaches brought to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take action in line with those values, even when unpleasant thoughts or feelings are present. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions because it focuses on small steps that add up to meaningful change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and managing mood or attention difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily life. She adjusts techniques over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls and phone sessions allow face-to-face conversation, while live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, parenting, caregiving, or health concerns, and they let therapists focus on practical skills and follow-up in ways that fit home life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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 Rachel commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Rachel emphasizes a direct, compassionate approach that encourages open conversation without judgment. Sessions focus on practical steps and coping strategies as well as exploring underlying patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 27 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and life concerns.
What credentials and locations apply to her practice?
Rachel holds the LPCC credential and is listed as KY LPCC 269314 and OH LPCC E.2202915, and she practices in Indiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and preferences.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
27 years
Licensed
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
Languages
English

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