About Rachel
Rachel Khan-McCroy is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience helping people navigate trauma, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She works from New Jersey and brings a calm, collaborative approach to sessions. Rachel believes people know their own stories and offers practical support to help them move forward.
She blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That means she listens first, then helps people test new ways of thinking and practice skills to manage emotions and behavior.
How Rachel works
Mindfulness tools are used to reduce stress and increase focus in daily life. Rachel also draws on the Gottman Method for relationship communication when that fits a person's goals. She helps people improve how they talk and solve problems.
Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps rather than abstract theory. Her additional experience includes supporting people dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin concerns. She has worked with issues tied to aging, cancer, and chronic pain, and addresses complex combinations of concerns when they appear together.
Sessions are practical and strengths-based. Rachel helps clients identify coping skills that match their lives and priorities. She supports each person in building tools they can use after sessions end.
Rachel lists 9 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters to you, and helps you identify goals you want to work toward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT can be useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with life changes.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It is practical and skills-focused, which many people find helpful when they need steady tools for strong emotions. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which approaches fit your needs and goals, adjusting methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers a range of ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or color video isn't needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing skill coaching, and flexibility across a busy day. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health routines while using the approaches above.
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