About Rachel
Rachel Lahasky is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Mississippi with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and workplace-related trauma. Rachel emphasizes practical steps and steady support for someone ready to make changes in their life.
She approaches each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on small, manageable steps.
Background and approach
Rachel uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She often combines problem-solving with a warm, client-centered style. That means she listens first, then offers skills and strategies tailored to what the person needs right now.
People may work on coping skills for anxiety, routines to support parenting, or ways to process grief at a manageable pace. Rachel also brings techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when emotion regulation or motivation are central concerns. These methods aim to teach concrete skills for handling intense feelings and for making lasting changes.
Her work includes attention to caregiver stress, first responder issues, and peripartum concerns. Practical details are part of the plan: sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Rachel supports people who want clear tools, steady encouragement, and a plan they can use between sessions.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person first. The therapist follows the person’s lead and builds on their strengths to set goals and plan practical steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors through clear exercises and homework. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants actionable tools.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process means clients can steer sessions toward skills, reflection, or problem-solving depending on their needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and nonverbal cues, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people check in between appointments or use short weekly touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or other commitments while still working on concrete skills and progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English