Rachel Richard, LPCC

Rachel Richard is an LPCC with 27 years of clinical experience. She practices in Indiana and has provided long-term support for people facing major life stressors. Rachel aims to make the first step easier for someone who is worried or unsure about therapy.

Rachel uses straightforward conversation to help people manage anxiety, stress, and depression. She also helps people dealing with trauma, abuse, and addiction. Sessions focus on naming what matters, learning concrete coping skills, and finding manageable steps forward.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed methods. That means Rachel listens first, then suggests practical tools rooted in therapies like CBT and ACT. Clients often work on behavior changes, values-driven goals, and emotion regulation skills.

She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, grief, and self-esteem. Additional areas include eating and sleeping issues, chronic illness and pain, and problems tied to aging or blended families. Rachel works with people on career strain, anger, and commitment or control problems.

Rachel encourages small, steady changes rather than quick fixes. She creates space for honest conversation without judgment. If someone is ready to begin, Rachel guides them through a simple matching and scheduling process.

How Rachel’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when feelings are difficult. It is often used for life transitions, anxiety, and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and can be useful for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for strong emotions and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. Rachel listens to goals and daily realities, then suggests methods that match what a person wants to change. She works collaboratively to adjust techniques so they fit into real life rather than insisting on a single method.

The therapist's original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm format options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when a full hour isn't practical, and reduce commute time so therapy fits around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and DBT tools to work well at a distance, using guided exercises, homework, and focused conversations to track progress.