Rachel Lackovic

Rachel Lackovic is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, parenting challenges, and other life disruptions. Rachel uses practical tools and straightforward conversation to help people move toward their goals. Rachel describes her approach as person-centered. She treats each person as the expert on their life and offers guidance rather than dictating solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, used alongside mindfulness techniques and solution-focused ideas, is a central part of her work. This means sessions often look at patterns of thought and behavior and then try small experiments to change them. She also brings skills from motivational interviewing to support people who want to find reasons and strategies to make lasting changes. Rachel values helping people set clear, realistic steps and build on small successes. Her style aims to be warm and direct so clients leave sessions with practical next steps. Over the years Rachel has worked with many people facing issues like hoarding behavior, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and challenges tied to family of origin and communication. She supports those coping with career concerns, self-esteem struggles, and complicated emotions like guilt or shame. Rachel frames therapy as a partnership: the client chooses the destination and she helps with the map. She encourages taking responsibility while recognizing that setbacks happen, and she focuses on steady progress toward the goals people name.

How Rachel’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Client-centered work means the conversation follows what matters most to the person. In practice this looks like asking about priorities, listening closely, and then shaping sessions around those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing small changes to see if they help. Mindfulness Therapy adds simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and stress and can help with anxiety, anger, and mood shifts.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused techniques fit best. That plan can change as needs and goals evolve, and clients are invited to give feedback on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy day. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed, and it removes travel time so people can use breaks more efficiently. The focus remains on practical tools and steady progress, with approaches tailored to the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all method.