About Rachael
Rachael Lustfeldt helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and big life changes. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, self-esteem struggles, relationship and family concerns, and issues tied to illness or caregiving. Rachael is a Georgia-licensed clinical social worker with LCSW and CSW credentials and 11 years of experience.
Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own life. She listens first, then helps clients name what matters to them and set small, achievable goals.
How Rachael works
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings and on building strengths already present in daily life. Rachael draws from several grounded methods to fit a person's situation.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and act on them, and narrative work to look at personal stories from new angles. Solution-focused methods are used when people want clear, short-term goals. Clients can expect collaborative conversations that keep things simple and actionable.
Rachael often offers tools that are easy to practice at home, at work, or during caregiving routines. The tone in sessions is steady, respectful, and focused on what the client needs next. She has experience addressing aging and geriatric issues, cancer and hospice concerns, chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, first responder challenges, and isolation.
Rachael also works with people dealing with communication problems, forgiveness, control issues, domestic violence aftermath, HIV/AIDS related concerns, and disaster-related coping. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match a client's schedule and preferences.
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What Rachael works with
The areas below are the ones Rachael selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, even when strong emotions are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing changes in thinking and behavior to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right method is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. Together they adapt these approaches so sessions feel useful and relevant rather than trying to force a single method.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging offer quick check-ins and shorter support between meetings, and a mix of formats can fit different routines and schedules. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into everyday life.
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