Rachel May
Compassionate, practical help for real-life struggles
LCSW Texas
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Rachel
Rachel May is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of clinical experience. She draws on hospital and outpatient work to help people facing depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Rachel focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life and goals. Her style is straightforward and nonjudgmental.
She listens closely and helps people name what matters most. Sessions include gentle guidance, concrete strategies, and resources to support progress between meetings.
Rachel combines several approaches to build a plan that fits a person’s situation. She uses Gottman Method principles alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when those approaches match a client's needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered techniques are also part of her toolkit. She has experience in psychiatric hospital settings, which supports work with complex or overlapping concerns.
That background helps when people face co-occurring issues such as mood changes, addiction, or trauma reactions. Rachel aims for steady, realistic change rather than quick fixes.
Sessions address practical matters like coping skills, communication patterns, boundary-setting, and rebuilding trust with oneself. She also helps people navigate parenting stress, grief, burnout, and career transitions.
The focus is on clear steps people can try between sessions. Rachel works with adults in Texas and conducts sessions in English.
People who prefer flexible online formats can work by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How Rachel Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online
Rachel draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take small steps toward them. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, which can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation issues.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current connections. That approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.
Rachel views finding the right approach as a team effort. She talks with people about their goals and tries different methods to see what works best. Clients and therapist check in regularly and adjust strategies based on progress and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video works well for longer conversations and exercises, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text messaging helps with short updates or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to get consistent support while balancing work, parenting, or travel.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed in
Texas
Languages
English