About Rachel
Rachel Kilgore meets people where they are and focuses on practical skills that can be used every day. She is Rachel Kilgore, LCMHC, and she brings ten years of clinical experience to sessions. Her approach is direct and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people handle stress, mood shifts, and relationship strain.
She uses a person-centered style that keeps the client's goals front and center. Rachel draws heavily on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
How Rachel works
She combines those methods with other evidence-based interventions to build coping skills and improve day-to-day functioning. Over a decade she has worked in many settings, including jails, inpatient detox, and outpatient programs. That range of experience shaped her practical focus and comfort with people facing addiction, trauma, mood disorders, grief, and eating-related concerns.
She also helps with issues like codependency, commitment worries, impulsivity, and isolation. Sessions typically focus on clear, achievable steps people can practice between meetings. Rachel helps people set realistic goals, manage strong emotions, and rebuild relationships with themselves and others.
She encourages progress at a manageable pace. Outside of work she enjoys exercise, being outdoors, and time with family. She aims to make therapy a straightforward partnership built on respect and useful, lasting change.
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Rachel often uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people spot and test thoughts that get in the way of feeling better. This approach breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches practical skills for mood, anxiety, and behavior challenges.She also applies person-centered principles that prioritize the client's goals and pace. That means the work focuses on what matters to the individual and builds on their strengths and values.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try strategies, and adjust plans based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Clients can expect a shared process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy supports that collaboration with flexible formats. Video calls allow a near face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets clients send updates or reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping continuity of care.
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