Rachel Horn

Rachel Horn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with four years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, life changes, LGBT-related concerns, relationship and intimacy difficulties, parenting stress, addiction, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and depression.

She uses practical talk and clear goals in sessions. Rachel adapts conversations to what each person brings and focuses on small, manageable steps. She blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice what matters and try new behaviors.

Sessions often involve looking at current patterns and testing simple strategies between meetings. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people find what works next. Trauma-focused ideas guide work when past events affect day-to-day life.

Rachel also addresses specific concerns like attachment and abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, aging and caregiver stress, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, codependency, and kink and BDSM-related matters. Communication problems, commitment worries, blended family dynamics, and domestic violence are listed among her focus areas.

People who are unsure what comes next tend to begin by naming one problem they want to change. Rachel helps turn that concern into small experiments. She asks straightforward questions and helps plan realistic next steps that fit daily life.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them. In practice that means noticing unhelpful thoughts, accepting difficult feelings, and choosing actions that reflect what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses specific exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, reflection, and working at the client’s pace to help them feel heard and make their own decisions.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick which approaches to try, based on current goals, practical needs, and personal preference. That selection can shift over time as progress and barriers become clearer.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the profile does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules require, and reduce travel time. They also let people practice skills and plan actions in their everyday context. Licensed professionals adapt exercises used in ACT and CBT to work in remote sessions so people can test new behaviors between meetings.