Rachel Garrett

Rachel Garrett is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker practicing in Alabama. She earned a Master of Social Work from Troy University and brings three years of clinical experience to her work. Rachel greets people with straightforward care and a focus on practical steps they can use right away.

Her background includes work in child welfare, juvenile services, corrections, and inpatient geriatric psychiatric care. She has supported people facing depression, anxiety, bipolar mood patterns, schizophrenia, and compassion fatigue. Those roles shaped a style that mixes direct problem-solving with steady listening.

In sessions she draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. She aims to listen first, then help people identify small changes that reduce stress and improve relationships. She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when they fit the person’s goals.

Rachel works with common life struggles such as stress, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and self-esteem. She also addresses areas like aging issues, blended family challenges, body image, postpartum mood changes, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and compassionate with attention to what’s most pressing now.

She asks people to expect respectful listening and collaborative planning. Sessions focus on real problems and clear next steps rather than jargon. Rachel invites people to start with a short matching process to see if her approach fits their needs.

How Rachel’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist reflects what matters to you and helps set goals that feel right. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships with skills practice that can help when intense feelings cause problems.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. Rachel will work collaboratively to figure out which methods fit your needs and goals. If something isn’t helping, she adjusts the plan and focuses on what produces steady, usable change.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and offer shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people practice skills in the moments they need them most. Talk with the therapist about scheduling preferences and how to shape sessions to match your life.