About Rachel
Rachel Sirek is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Colorado. She focuses on helping adults understand their emotions, relationships, and recurring patterns. Rachel aims to reduce self-criticism and to find ways of coping that fit how each person operates.
Her sessions are collaborative and flexible. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to tailor practical tools to each person’s needs. Rachel uses plain language to teach skills for managing anxiety, improving emotional regulation, and addressing low self-esteem.
Background and approach
She has experience in both outpatient and crisis settings. That background taught her to stay compassionate and curious while helping people through hard moments. Rachel also supports people who want clearer strategies for executive functioning and identity concerns.
In therapy she helps people work through grief, relationship struggles, anger, and the ups and downs of mood disorders. She also addresses concerns like panic attacks, abandonment or attachment worries, and feelings of isolation. Rachel’s sessions focus on small, concrete steps.
She helps clients practice skills between sessions and adjust approaches as needed. The aim is steady progress that fits daily life. People meet her and find straightforward guidance, calm listening, and a nonjudgmental space to try new ways of coping.
She works with clients to set goals and measure what is actually helping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values, even when feelings get in the way. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and finding direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific strategies to reduce symptoms like panic, worry, and persistent negative thinking.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick or blend methods based on goals, life demands, and what feels most useful. That way the plan adapts as progress is made and priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Messaging or live chat supports ongoing coaching and quick skill reminders between scheduled sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English