About Rachel
Rachel Hodgdon is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She draws on practical approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her manner is warm and straightforward, and she focuses on clear steps people can use day to day.
Rachel adapts sessions to each person’s situation. She uses techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to build skills for managing anxious thoughts and difficult emotions.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. She also pays attention to attachment patterns that shape relationships and how people relate to others. That perspective helps when parenting feels overwhelming or when past hurts affect current connections.
Rachel works with young adults and people facing big life changes as they navigate these stresses. Her practice includes support for more specific issues like panic attacks, social anxiety, feelings of guilt or shame, and challenges around sexuality or pregnancy and childbirth. Sessions aim to teach practical coping tools and to create a clear plan for change.
Rachel has five years of professional experience in counseling. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person’s needs, listening first and then choosing which strategies fit best. People can expect straightforward talk, concrete exercises, and a focus on what helps in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Rachel draws on acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change how they relate to painful thoughts and to build practical coping strategies. ACT emphasizes values and small, meaningful steps forward, which can help with anxiety and life changes. CBT focuses on recognizing unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel collaborates with each person to decide which methods make sense for their goals and daily life. She listens to what is most important, tries approaches in session, and adjusts the plan based on what the person finds useful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when needed, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is easier. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to message between sessions or use brief written check-ins during busy days. These options let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or school schedules and use the format that helps them engage with the work.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English