Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Rachael works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rachael
Rachael McKinnon is a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, depression, grief, or major life changes. Her manner is warm and direct, and she aims to help clients find practical ways to feel steadier day to day.
Rachael uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to address mood and behavior. Sessions often involve learning new coping skills, practicing mindful awareness, and testing small changes that fit into real life.
Background and approach
She helps people sort out relationship issues, communication problems, and concerns about self-esteem and identity. Her work also covers trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving stress. Rachael supports people dealing with complicated grief, bipolar mood concerns, and substance use issues without labels or judgment.
She also helps those navigating abandonment, codependency, or control issues. Rachael’s style blends acceptance and active problem solving. She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and then offers concrete tools clients can try between sessions.
Over time she helps people build routines that reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning. People who choose Rachael often want practical steps and steady support. She collaborates on goals and adjusts approaches as needs change.
Her practice emphasizes skill-building, clearer communication, and increased self-awareness so clients can move forward with more confidence.
What Rachael works with
Everything Rachael lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rachael's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Rachael lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention skills and simple practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust over time. That process helps identify whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness practices, or a mix feels most useful for the issues at hand.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging can work for ongoing check-ins, skill practice, or shorter conversations between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
Questions people ask about Rachael
What concerns does Rachael commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and grief, plus relationship and family-related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and direct, combining listening with practical skill teaching aimed at real-life changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rachael has 14 years of experience providing mental health support in clinical settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices as an LMSW in Michigan and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's posted availability.