About Rachel
Rachel Lauria is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She focuses on practical support for everyday struggles and meeting people where they are. Rachel aims to make therapy feel doable and straightforward for worried parents and busy adults.
She centers sessions on building self-compassion and clearer communication. Rachel uses a collaborative style so clients help set goals and choose what matters most.
Background and approach
The work often includes simple skills for coping, grounding, and managing strong emotions. Her approach draws on a mix of methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness. Rachel tailors these tools to each person instead of using one fixed plan.
Sessions can include talk, short exercises, and practice to try between meetings. With three years of clinical experience, she supports people facing family tensions, grief, caregiver stress, and health-related challenges. Rachel also assists people dealing with attachment questions, adoption and foster care issues, and obsessive or compulsive patterns.
She addresses practical problems like communication breakdowns and life transitions as well as deeper emotional wounds. Therapy sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Rachel explains options clearly and helps people pick formats that fit their schedules and needs.
The goal is to find realistic steps clients can use outside sessions to feel steadier and more able to manage daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and commit to actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and decisions during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. CBT often helps with mood disorders, obsessive thoughts, and coping with chronic illness.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Sessions are collaborative and can be adjusted as progress and priorities shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for teaching skills and checking in on reactions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and practice between sessions more convenient. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English