Rachel Trudell

Rachel Trudell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, and trauma. Rachel also addresses concerns such as panic attacks, mood disorders, self-esteem, and questions about life purpose.

Rachel focuses on practical steps and clear conversation. She helps clients manage panic and anxiety with coping strategies and supports recovery after abuse or other traumatic events. She also assists people processing divorce, grief, and the changes that follow major life events.

Sessions include talking through communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and struggles with isolation or loneliness. Rachel helps clients practice emotional awareness and build better ways to respond to difficult feelings. She offers both faith-informed and secular approaches depending on what a person prefers.

Her work emphasizes collaboration. Rachel and the client set goals together and try out tools that fit the person’s daily life. That can mean practicing new communication habits, testing boundaries, or learning to interrupt impulsive reactions.

People often come to Rachel when they feel stuck after a change in work or relationships, or when they are asking what matters next. She helps people explore those questions while also addressing immediate symptoms like panic or low mood.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Rachel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses helps people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method involves learning to notice thought habits, testing them, and practicing new responses in daily life. Another approach she draws on focuses on trauma recovery by helping people process upsetting memories safely and build skills to manage strong emotions. That work often includes grounding exercises and step-by-step exposure to feared memories or situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel collaborates with each person to choose which techniques fit current goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when something does not feel helpful.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which online formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It can also let someone avoid camera use if they prefer less visual contact or choose phone sessions when bandwidth is limited. Many people find these practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life.