Rachel Phelps
Practical, skills-based counseling for life transitions
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 7 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Languages
- English
About Rachel
Rachel Phelps is a licensed professional counselor who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family struggles, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, ADHD, and other life transitions.
Background and approach
With seven years of clinical experience, she uses practical strategies to strengthen coping skills, build self-esteem, and address mood and impulsivity challenges. Rachel brings attention to attachment issues, communication problems, and multicultural concerns while guiding clients through recovery from substance use and post-traumatic stress.
Her style blends evidence-informed methods with a collaborative, compassionate stance that emphasizes resilience and personal insight. Rachel works with individuals facing parenting pressures, career shifts, sleep disruption, compassion fatigue, and the emotional fallout of disruptive mood symptoms.
She frames therapy as a partnership in which clients explore patterns, practice new skills, and make steady progress toward clearer goals. Licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Rachel maintains a practical focus on skill-building and problem-solving.
Her work aims to help people reconnect with strengths, reduce distress, and find more stability in daily life through targeted interventions and supportive conversation.
CBT-Informed Care and Flexible Online Access
Rachel uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence one another and to teach practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new coping strategies that can be used in everyday life.She also emphasizes collaborative problem-solving and skill building, tailoring techniques to concerns like mood regulation, impulsivity, trauma recovery, and substance use. This approach supports concrete steps toward goals while allowing space to explore underlying patterns and values.
Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then adapt interventions accordingly so the work feels relevant and manageable. Clients are encouraged to share feedback so methods can be adjusted as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier to access consistent, skills-focused care from home or other convenient locations while maintaining regular contact and ongoing support.
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Experience
7+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Languages
English