About Rachel
Rachel Thornburg is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. She works with people dealing with relationship and parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Rachel practices in Idaho and holds the LPC credential.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can use between meetings. She listens for patterns in thinking and behavior, then helps clients try new ways of responding to old problems.
How Rachel works
Rachel draws on client-centered methods to follow the client’s lead and build trust. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors. Emotionally-focused ideas guide conversations about attachment and closeness when relationship issues come up.
She also integrates the Gottman Method for couples work and mindfulness practices to reduce rumination and improve grounding. Those approaches are applied in ways that fit each person’s situation and pace. Rachel aims to help clients feel steadier and more able to manage daily demands.
With five years of experience, she brings practical skills without jargon. People can expect a calm, present therapist who emphasizes small, achievable changes. Rachel helps clients track progress and adjust plans as they go.
Rachel lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Idaho |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Rachel uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s priorities and build a trusting working relationship. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and supporting whatever goals the person brings, which helps people feel understood before tackling hard topics.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT helps people learn specific skills to manage anxiety, depression, panic, and unhelpful habits by practicing new thinking and actions between sessions.
Emotionally-focused ideas inform her work when relationships or attachment patterns are central. Those interventions help people notice emotional signals and change interaction patterns that cause tension or distance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences in a collaborative way rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into tight schedules and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can serve as shorter check-ins or a way to work when typing feels easier. These options give flexibility for different routines and technical needs while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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