Rachelle Belott Filipiak
Compassionate skills-based counseling for life transitions
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Rachelle
Rachelle Belott Filipiak is a licensed professional counselor who blends practical, skills-based interventions with relational insight to help people move through difficult life transitions.
Background and approach
Drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-informed and client-centered perspectives, she focuses on identifying patterns in thought and behavior that maintain stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and other common struggles. Her approach emphasizes concrete strategies for reducing emotional distress while also attending to interpersonal dynamics that shape how people relate to themselves and others.
Her clinical background includes work in a domestic violence shelter for women, a college counseling center, a medium-security correctional facility for men, and outpatient services for clients across the lifespan. That range of settings informs a flexible, person-focused style that borrows from evidence-informed methods including DBT and emotionally-focused interventions when appropriate.
Rachelle aims to help clients build practical coping skills, strengthen relationships, and develop the confidence to manage future challenges independently. She holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and practices in Wisconsin as an LPC (WI LPC 8248-125).
Integrating evidence-based approaches with online accessibility
Rachelle commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, a method that can be useful for issues such as anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns influence current emotional responses and interpersonal struggles, which can be helpful for people working on trust, communication, and connection. When appropriate, elements of Client-Centered Therapy are incorporated to keep the work grounded in empathy and the client’s lived experience, creating space for personal goals and self-directed growth.Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process in which the therapist and client weigh goals, preferences, and the particular challenges at hand. Rachelle partners with clients to tailor interventions over time, adjusting methods as progress is made and new needs arise. This emphasis on collaboration helps clients feel involved in treatment choices and better able to apply skills outside of sessions.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care across locations and to use brief or extended exchanges depending on what a client needs, while allowing licensed professionals to deliver focused, skills-oriented work that fits into everyday life.
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Experience
5+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English