About Rachel
Rachel Stuart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi who focuses on helping people move through hard times. She writes plainly, helps clients set clear goals, and uses practical steps to address what matters now. Rachel has ten years of experience in counseling and a master of science in mental health counseling from Mississippi College.
Her clinical work has included individual and group psychotherapy in community mental health settings.
Background and approach
She coordinated a psychosocial rehabilitation program for nursing facility residents early in her career. Over time she has worked with people facing depression, anxiety and stress, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, eating concerns, bipolar mood issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem struggles, and career stress. Rachel favors an action-oriented, integrative approach.
Sessions focus on current concerns, clear goals, and practical steps clients can try between meetings. She draws on methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to meet each person where they are. She emphasizes seeing people as more than diagnoses.
The work looks at emotions, underlying thoughts, life stories, and behaviors that shape daily life. Rachel aims to help clients notice strengths, exceptions to problems, and resources they can use to change how they feel and act. People who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative process that balances thought work with real-world action.
Her style is warm and direct, focused on helping clients find meaning, reduce suffering, and take manageable steps toward change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and emotions while committing to actions that fit a chosen life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable parts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions. It can help when emotions feel intense or when someone struggles with strong urges or conflict.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending elements from ACT, CBT, DBT, or narrative methods and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English