About Rachael
Rachael Mooney speaks directly to people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. She offers calm, steady support and practical tools to help clients manage symptoms and move toward clearer goals. Rachael is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice in South Carolina and also holds LCSW and CSW credentials.
She has four years of professional experience and a Master of Social Work from The University of Georgia.
Background and approach
Rachael keeps sessions warm and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients spot patterns that keep problems going. Together they set small, realistic steps to practice between meetings.
Her style blends straightforward talk with skills practice so progress feels useful and doable. Her main focuses include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also works on attachment concerns, body image, caregiver strain, communication struggles, and control issues.
Other areas she addresses are obsessive-compulsive tendencies, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and seasonal mood changes. Rachael uses a mix of approaches to fit each person. Techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical skills, existential reflection, and mindfulness are used as needed.
Sessions aim to build coping skills, clarify values, and reduce symptoms in everyday life. People who choose her often want a practical, empathetic guide during hard times. Rachael emphasizes collaboration, respect, and clear goals.
She helps clients practice new ways of thinking and behaving so daily life becomes more manageable.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It helps people feel heard and guides choices that reflect their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That might mean leaning into skills-based CBT for quick symptom relief or using client-centered and existential ideas to clarify life purpose and meaning.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, and other obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English