About Rachael
Rachael Woods is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of clinical experience in Alaska. She speaks English and Spanish and helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, trauma, grief, ADHD, and related concerns. Rachael aims to listen without judgment and to help each person find practical steps that fit their life.
She uses a client-centered stance, which means sessions start from what matters most to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change and encourages clients to identify their own strengths and values. Rachael adapts her approach to match each person's needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Over 24 years she has worked with a wide range of issues including sleep problems, eating concerns, self-harm, panic attacks, and substance use challenges.
She has experience addressing adoption and foster care issues, family problems, seasonal mood shifts, and young adult transitions. This breadth lets her combine strategies that make sense for the individual sitting in the session. Rachael prefers straightforward work in the therapy room.
Sessions often focus on setting concrete goals, building coping skills, and practicing small experiments between meetings. She helps people break big problems into manageable steps and tracks progress along the way. Many people come for immediate worries like panic, low mood, or trouble sleeping, and leave with clearer priorities and practical tools.
Rachael views therapy as a collaborative process and supports each person in finding the next right move for their life.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters most to the person. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the client set priorities and next steps. This approach works well for people who want a collaborative relationship and clear direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions often include experiments or homework to try new behaviors and reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or panic attacks. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is used to work with traumatic memories by guiding attention while talking through difficult experiences and building coping skills.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, past experiences, and comfort with different methods, then try options that fit the client's needs and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made.
Online therapy gives flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people meet face to face when bandwidth allows, phone sessions require less data, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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