- Strengths focused
- Integrates faith when desired
- English and Korean
About Rachel
She focuses on a person’s strengths and past successes to build confidence for new habits and decisions. Sessions draw on everyday strategies that help reduce worry and improve daily routines. Rachel blends talk-based work with mindfulness and experiential techniques to support emotional healing and repair in relationships.
Rachel has 15 years of experience and holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential. Her background includes time spent as a Christian missionary, and she offers counseling that may integrate Christian faith when clients want that included. She uses a flexible, person-centered stance and adapts methods to each person’s needs.
Practical tools are part of sessions - breathing and grounding practices, small behavior changes, and focused conversations about values and goals. Rachel pays attention to how thoughts and everyday habits affect mood and relationships, and she helps people try new ways of responding.
People who speak Korean or English can work with her. She aims to help people make steady, manageable progress while respecting their beliefs and daily life demands.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Hawaii
Languages
English, Korean
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Rachel uses Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to guide her work. Client-centered work focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions; it suits stress, relationship concerns, and self-esteem work. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and steady mood. EMDR is a targeted method for processing trauma and abuse memories and can help people reduce the intensity of distressing recollections.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rachel will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try based on their goals, comfort, and what feels useful. She adapts the mix of listening, practical exercises, and trauma-focused work as needs evolve.
Confirm current remote session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove commuting time. It can also let someone choose phone sessions when lower bandwidth or not being on camera is preferable. Ask about available formats so sessions match practical needs and daily routines.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rachel address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues such as hoarding and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
How would sessions feel day to day?
Sessions are practical and person-centered. Expect discussion of current thoughts and habits, simple behavioral experiments, and mindfulness or grounding practices tailored to what is helpful.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of experience and has worked as a Christian missionary. Her practice emphasizes emotional healing, relationship repair, and building on strengths.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
Rachel holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential (LMHC) and practices in Hawaii.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean.
Can people outside the country schedule sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.