Rachel Mariotti

Rachel Mariotti is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem struggles, career doubts, life changes, and related issues such as sleep, eating, and ADHD. Rachel describes her practice as present-focused and practical, offering direction and short between-session tasks like writing or mindfulness exercises. Rachel began her clinical work in a psychoanalytic clinic and later opened her private practice, Mental Hygiene. Her current approach emphasizes noticing automatic thoughts and how they shape reactions and beliefs, similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sessions tend to be casual, sometimes with a touch of humor, and include concrete takeaways to practice between meetings. She often helps people who feel stuck in black-or-white thinking. In sessions she encourages looking across a spectrum of options and putting those thoughts into words. She pays attention to positive moments too, and uses them as material to shift thinking patterns and build new habits. Rachel commonly addresses intimacy-related concerns and communication problems as part of broader relationship work. She also supports people working through commitment worries, codependency, or body image and eating-related issues. Practical coping skills for impulsivity, guilt, shame, and emptiness are part of session work when relevant. People who choose Rachel can expect a direct, approachable style that mixes conversation, written exercises, and mindfulness practices. She outlines small tasks to try between sessions and revisits progress together to refine strategies and goals.

How Rachel uses practical techniques online

Rachel works from approaches that focus on present thinking patterns and practical skills. One key approach resembles Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - it looks at automatic thoughts, how they influence feelings and behavior, and teaches ways to test and change unhelpful thinking. This method often helps with anxiety, low mood, and stuck thinking patterns. Another common strand in her work is structured behavioral practice such as writing exercises and brief mindfulness tasks. These techniques help build new habits, improve attention to positive moments, and provide concrete steps between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then tries methods that fit those needs. Progress is reviewed and methods are adjusted based on what feels most useful for the client.

The biography does not list which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people try writing or mindfulness homework in the flow of everyday life and bring these practices into regular routines.