- Strengths focused
- Practical tools
- Collaborative care
About Rachael
Rachael Cutts is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 18 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and the strain of big life changes. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and aims to build on existing strengths.
Rachael offers straightforward, practical sessions. She listens carefully and helps people spot patterns that keep them stuck. Then she works with them to try small, doable changes that fit daily life. Sessions focus on real problems like sleep, eating, work stress, or relationship and intimacy struggles.
Her work draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness practices. She combines these with a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals in charge of the plan. That means sessions are collaborative and paced to what the person needs.
Rachael has supported people through grief, trauma, caregiving strain, chronic illness, body image and identity concerns, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns. She also helps with career stress, communication problems, and codependency patterns. Practical tools and steady support are central to her approach.
People who choose Rachael can expect a down-to-earth tone and clear steps to try between sessions. She encourages small experiments and checks in on what helps and what doesn’t. The aim is to make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful over time.
Rachael offers straightforward, practical sessions. She listens carefully and helps people spot patterns that keep them stuck. Then she works with them to try small, doable changes that fit daily life. Sessions focus on real problems like sleep, eating, work stress, or relationship and intimacy struggles.
Her work draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness practices. She combines these with a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals in charge of the plan. That means sessions are collaborative and paced to what the person needs.
Rachael has supported people through grief, trauma, caregiving strain, chronic illness, body image and identity concerns, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns. She also helps with career stress, communication problems, and codependency patterns. Practical tools and steady support are central to her approach.
People who choose Rachael can expect a down-to-earth tone and clear steps to try between sessions. She encourages small experiments and checks in on what helps and what doesn’t. The aim is to make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful over time.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
Attachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapySystemic Therapy
Experience
18+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
How her approaches translate to online work
Rachael uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in simple, actionable ways. ACT helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, which can ease feelings of being stuck. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and offers exercises to test unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness practices to keep sessions grounded in the person’s priorities. That means the therapist and client decide together which tools to try and how fast to move. Finding the best fit is part of the work, and Rachael checks in regularly to adjust the approach based on the client’s goals and preferences.
Many people find online therapy easier to fit into a busy week, let them have shorter check-ins when needed, or reduce travel time. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking so you know how appointments are arranged. Online work with a licensed professional can make it simpler to keep momentum between sessions and to try tools where life actually happens.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rachael work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with major life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on practical steps, noticing patterns, and building on the person’s strengths.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 18 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life stressors and behavioral concerns.
What are Rachael's credentials and where is she based?
Rachael holds the LCPC credential and is licensed in Illinois.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rachael?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.