About Rachel
Rachel Keefer uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She draws on three years of counseling experience and holds an IL LCPC license. Rachel writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Rachel has worked with people facing chronic illness, ongoing pain, and debilitating fatigue. She also supports those dealing with end-of-life planning, hospice situations, and elder care concerns.
Background and approach
Her approach blends attention to physical health and emotional needs so clients can make concrete changes in daily life. Sessions include time for teaching and planning practical tools. Rachel helps people set goals and build healthy routines one step at a time.
She also offers guidance about navigating medical and psychiatric care when those issues are part of the problem. Rachel aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters to them. She encourages gradual progress and normalizes the courage it takes to start therapy.
Conversations are straightforward and focused on real-world solutions. Clients connect in ways that fit their lives, including video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Rachel works with English-speaking individuals and accepts international clients when scheduling permits.
Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to meet.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Rachel works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach teaches concrete behavioral skills to manage anxiety and panic symptoms, like step-by-step exposure and breathing exercises that reduce immediate overwhelm and build confidence. Another approach centers on problem-focused planning for depression and life changes, helping people set small goals, re-establish routines, and track progress to regain momentum.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss a person’s history, current goals, and daily challenges, then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most, and the client’s preferences guide decisions about pacing and focus.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can fit a short check-in or low-bandwidth situation, and messaging supports brief updates or reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still working with licensed professionals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English