Dr. Rachel Kinison, LCPC, LMHC

Dr. Rachel Kinison greets visitors warmly and makes herself easy to address as Rachel or Dr. Rach. She has worked in counseling for about 20 years and brings a calm, down-to-earth style to sessions. Rachel lives in Illinois and holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential and a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential. She communicates plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

Rachel trained in pastoral community counseling and also holds a master’s degree in counseling. Her background includes roles in community counseling centers, a hospital behavioral health unit, and adult probation settings. That range gave her experience with individual and group work and with people facing trauma and PTSD-related concerns.

In sessions she often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mixes in other techniques when someone needs a different approach. She uses relaxation practices she teaches in session and tailors interventions to the person in front of her. Rachel believes small changes can lead to bigger improvements in thinking, feeling, and behavior.

Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, addiction, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. She also addresses longer-term challenges such as chronic illness, aging concerns, and issues veterans and first responders may face.

Rachel is open to working with people from outside the United States and holds licenses in Illinois and Florida. She keeps language simple and practical and aims to help people build everyday skills they can use between sessions.

How these approaches translate to online work

Dr. Kinison often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused ideas to guide online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused ideas concentrate on understanding feelings and patterns in close relationships, which can help with intimacy-related issues and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what seems most helpful. Decisions about which methods to try are made collaboratively and can change as needs change.

The therapist's original profile does not specify exact online session types, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove the need to travel to an office. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and Emotionally-Focused techniques for remote work, using conversation, guided exercises, and homework assignments to keep progress moving between meetings.