- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Rachel
Rachel Allison is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical ways to reduce overwhelm and build steadier day-to-day routines. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at parents and adults wanting clearer coping tools and more self-compassion.
Rachel uses straightforward talk and active listening to make space for what matters to each person. She blends goal-focused techniques with mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
Sessions typically include skill practice, reflection, and planning for real-life moments between meetings. With five years of clinical experience, Rachel works from a client-centered perspective that honors individual values and choices. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts, behaviors, and emotional responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are offered when they match a person's needs. Rachel often helps people dealing with parenting stress, relationship concerns, sleep disruption, compassion fatigue, and attention-related struggles. She also supports people coping with trauma, abandonment feelings, guilt, shame, and social anxiety.
Her approach aims to make change manageable rather than overwhelming. In sessions she focuses on clear communication, developing realistic goals, and building habits that fit daily life. People can expect practical strategies, gentle accountability, and space to process difficult emotions.
Rachel holds an LPCC credential in Ohio and conducts sessions in English.
What Rachel works with
Everything Rachel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rachel helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Rachel lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting stress because it focuses on small, value-driven steps rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to shift patterns that keep someone stuck. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic, sleep problems, and low mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachel works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. She may combine ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises based on what helps most and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or use less bandwidth, and chat or text messaging can support quick reflections and between-session check-ins. These options help people connect from home, work breaks, or other convenient places while keeping therapy flexible and accessible.
Questions people ask about Rachel
What kinds of problems does Rachel address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, trauma, ADHD and relationship concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth with active listening, practical skill-building, and collaborative goal setting.
What is her clinical background?
Rachel has five years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LPCC credential and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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