About Rachael
Rachael Figueroa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 25 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, aiming to meet people where they are.
She draws on client-centered methods to create a conversation that feels safe and clear. Sessions focus on what matters to the person sitting in front of her. Rachael listens first, then helps set practical goals for coping and change.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to break unhelpful thinking and build sustainable habits. She often pairs this with mindfulness strategies to teach simple ways to reduce overwhelm in daily life. Emotion-focused methods help when feelings need more room to be understood.
Rachael has worked with a wide range of concerns over her career, including grief, anger, addictions, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to adoption or caregiving. She also offers support around LGBT concerns and problems related to chronic illness or bereavement. Her background includes long experience helping people rebuild confidence and motivation.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Rachael emphasizes clear, practical steps and collaborative planning. She encourages anyone who is nervous about starting to take the next step toward getting support.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy places the person at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens and follows the client's lead, helping people clarify their priorities and set goals that feel attainable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing ADHD-related challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with strong feelings so they cause less disruption in daily life.Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust plans based on each person's needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process helps match methods to the real problems someone wants to fix.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person isn't possible. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats offer flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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