Rachael Woods

Rachael Woods, LCSW, welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by anger, stress, or other heavy emotions. She draws on two decades plus of clinical work in Alaska to help clients find clearer thinking and calmer responses. She aims to listen fully, without judgment, and to help each person identify practical next steps they can use between sessions.

Rachael uses a client-centered stance that puts the person's priorities first. She combines that with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and make small behavior changes. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when someone needs help finding reasons to change harmful habits.

Her background includes extensive work with trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, grief, and self-injury. Over 24 years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker she has worked with many different concerns and keeps adapting her approach to fit each person. She has also worked with issues tied to adoption and foster care, ADHD, mood disorders, and panic attacks.

Sessions can address specific goals like smoking or vaping cessation, sleeping problems, or managing angry outbursts. She can also help when people face relationship strain, low self-esteem, or compassion fatigue from caregiving work. Rachael offers services in English and Spanish.

If someone wants to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Fees vary with location and availability, and the service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Rachael’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Rachael commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her practice. Client-centered therapy means the therapist follows the person's lead, listens closely, and helps the person name what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and uses small experiments or tools to change patterns that maintain anger or anxiety.

She also draws on motivational interviewing when someone is unsure about change. That approach focuses on identifying personal reasons for change and building confidence to try new behaviors. Together these methods help with mood, addictions, sleeping, and managing strong emotions like anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can shift over time as progress and priorities change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from wherever they are at the scheduled time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.