Rachael Mooney

Rachael Mooney is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice in South Carolina and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia with four years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and big life changes, and lists life purpose among her focus areas.

Her sessions tend to be interactive and collaborative. She listens first, then works with people to identify what feels stuck and what practical steps might help. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral approaches alongside client-centered and mindfulness techniques to address thoughts, behaviors, and present struggles.

Rachael describes her work as respectful and interactive. She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when impulsivity, intense emotions, or relationship patterns are a concern. She also uses existential ideas to help people reflect on values and meaning when life transitions prompt questions about purpose.

She has experience supporting caregivers and parents with stress and skill-building around communication and daily routines. Her background includes situations involving attachment difficulties, body image, eating and food-related concerns, guilt and shame, and obsessive or compulsive patterns.

In sessions people can expect focused conversations about what’s getting in the way of daily functioning. Rachael aims to help people practice concrete skills between meetings, track small changes, and reassess what’s working. She works in English and is based in South Carolina.

How Rachael uses evidence-based approaches online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting the client’s experience. It helps people clarify what matters to them and identify small steps to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to test new ways of responding to anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication when impulsivity or relationship strain is present.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will discuss these methods with each person and choose techniques based on needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is tracked.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work or family routines into treatment and can reduce travel time. Some formats can be shorter check-ins, require less bandwidth, or remove the need to be on camera, which can help people maintain consistency during busy weeks. Licensed professionals use the same therapeutic tools online as in person and adapt exercises so they can be practiced between sessions.