About Rachel
Rachel Carlos is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. Rachel emphasizes self-acceptance and emotional well-being in her work.
She draws from a client-centered stance that puts the person's goals first. Sessions often involve practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Rachel also uses motivational interviewing to help people find personal motivation for change.
How Rachel works
Her background includes work in social services and nonprofit program management, where she oversaw clinical case management. That experience informs her understanding of real-world pressures like caregiving stress, blended family issues, and adoption-related concerns. She brings a strengths-based, culturally aware perspective to each session.
In the therapy space she aims to create a comfortable, respectful environment. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Rachel helps people talk through grief, parenting strain, body image concerns, career decisions, and relationship communication problems.
Her practice addresses a wide range of issues including depression, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and feelings of guilt or abandonment. She supports people working through forgiveness, impulsivity, and finding life purpose. Rachel helps clients develop coping skills they can use after sessions end.
Rachel lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Rachel works with
The areas below are the ones Rachel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and strengths. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace, helping people name what matters and make choices that fit their life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapt techniques over time. That partnership helps tailor sessions so the work feels useful and reachable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, coaching-style support, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
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