About Rachel
Rachel Chernow offers straightforward, warm care for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, mood shifts, or life changes. She works with individuals facing addiction, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, or questions about self-worth and relationships. Rachel uses a calm, patient style to help people find practical ways forward.
Rachel holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and she has practiced for 13 years. She trained in clinical counseling and has worked in both independent practice and community settings in Maryland.
How Rachel works
That range means she's comfortable seeing concerns that come from many parts of life. In sessions she focuses first on building a strong working relationship. She aims to create a warm, caring space where people feel heard.
From there she blends techniques to match each person's needs rather than following one fixed method. Her approach draws on client-centered principles, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. That mix is used to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression, address anger or addictive behaviors, and improve sleep and daily coping.
Rachel also pays attention to the effects of caregiving stress, attachment wounds, and family conflict on a person's wellbeing. She helps people manage guilt, shame, loneliness, and the practical fallout of separation or money troubles. Sessions include problem-solving, thought work, and simple mindfulness exercises to build skills that carry into everyday life.
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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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How Rachel's approaches translate to online therapy
Rachel uses client-centered work to keep the focus on the person's experience. That means sessions begin with listening and understanding the worry or problem, then shaping goals together to match the client's pace and priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT breaks issues into manageable steps, such as testing unhelpful thoughts, changing routines that feed anxiety, or building small behavior changes that improve mood.
Mindfulness practices are used as short exercises to calm the nervous system and increase present-moment awareness. These can be simple breathing exercises or brief body scans that clients can practice between sessions to reduce stress and improve sleep.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to try methods, adjust based on what helps, and set clear, practical goals that fit daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face without travel, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice new skills in real time.
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