- guilt and shame
- coping with loss
- mood and anxiety
About Raechel
Raechel Taylor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with nine years of professional experience. She helps adults who are weighed down by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and the strain of life changes. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, hoarding, isolation, mood disorders, OCD-related concerns, phobias, PTSD, social anxiety, and trichotillomania.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and talks with people about what feels most pressing. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps someone can try between meetings. Raechel pays attention to how symptoms show up in day-to-day life and works with clients to test small changes that feel doable.
Her approach is conversational and straightforward. She encourages people to name what they’re feeling and to look at how thoughts and behaviors interact. Therapy can include skills practice, thought work, and checking what helps in the real world.
Raechel has experience across common mood and anxiety issues and with loss and life transitions. She invites questions about specific concerns and works collaboratively on action plans. She is based in California and offers services in English for people in and beyond the state.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Raechel aims to help people break down overwhelming problems into manageable steps and to find approaches that fit their life.
Approaches for shame, anxiety, and life changes
Raechel draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on what people do and think day to day. One common approach is practical thought work that looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and tests new ways of interpreting situations; this can help when guilt or shame keeps repeating in someone’s mind. Another approach involves skill-building for managing anxiety and low mood, such as breathing or behavioral activation tasks that make it easier to reintroduce small, meaningful activities into a routine.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Raechel collaborates with each person to identify what fits their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods based on what helps in practice. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and which to pause.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, require less travel, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. Licensed professionals often use video for full sessions or audio for quick updates, and Raechel will discuss which format works best for a client’s situation during the matching process.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like guilt and shame and hoarding.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses evidence-based techniques and conversational work to help name and examine those feelings, then practices changes and thought work that can alter how they affect daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years of professional experience working with mood and anxiety concerns, grief, and life transitions.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) licensed in California and practices from that location.
Does she see people who live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.