- Life purpose work
- Guilt and shame
- Social confidence
About Rachel
Rachel Emick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with six years of experience. She works with adults facing depression, anxiety, stress, and trauma. Rachel also addresses low self-esteem, isolation, and social anxiety while helping people explore life purpose and work through guilt and shame.
Rachel focuses on practical, evidence-based work in sessions. She uses straightforward conversation to help people name what feels off and to try different ways of responding. Sessions often include looking at how past experiences affect current patterns and testing small changes to daily routines and relationships.
She pays attention to feelings like shame and guilt that can keep people stuck. Rachel helps people untangle those emotions and make decisions that fit their values. For someone coping with a job change, a breakup, or a health concern, she offers steady, focused support rather than quick fixes.
In session she emphasizes learning skills and practicing them between meetings. That can mean short experiments, new social approaches, or revising how a person talks to themselves. Rachel aims for clear steps clients can try in everyday life.
Her approach is collaborative. She works with each person to set goals and adjust methods as needed. People who feel directionless after a life change often come to talk about next steps, and Rachel helps them sort priorities and test small, manageable moves forward.
How Rachel blends evidence-based methods with online care
Rachel works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building practical skills. Cognitive approaches involve noticing and testing thoughts that fuel anxiety or low mood, and then trying new responses to those thoughts. Behavioral techniques include small, repeatable experiments and routine changes to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity.She also addresses trauma-related responses by helping people track how past events influence current feelings and behavior. That often means pacing exposure to difficult memories, developing tolerable ways to sit with distress, and strengthening day-to-day coping tools that reduce overwhelm.
Finding the best fit is part of the work. Rachel collaborates with each person to choose which methods to try first and adjusts based on what helps. Clients set practical goals and review progress together so methods stay relevant to life needs and priorities.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or reduce the need to travel. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while they test changes in daily life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse. Additional focuses include low self-esteem, isolation, guilt and life purpose.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses evidence-based techniques and practical conversation to identify patterns. Sessions include small experiments and skill practice to test changes between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, anxiety, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) licensed in Louisiana. Her practice is located in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the chosen plan.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.