Rachel Stuart, LPC

Rachel Stuart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi who brings ten years of clinical experience to her practice. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Mississippi College, and she is also a National Board Certified Counselor - a national certification that reflects meeting established professional standards.

Earlier in her career she spent five years providing individual and group psychotherapy in a community mental health center and coordinating a Senior Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program for residents of a nursing facility. Since 2017 she has expanded her work to include individual therapy delivered through online services, focusing on practical, action-oriented support tailored to each person’s goals.

Rachel works with people facing depression, anxiety and stress, grief and loss, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting and career concerns, body image and eating issues, bipolar disorder, anger, and self-esteem challenges. She approaches each person as more than a diagnosis and emphasizes meaning, strengths, and overlooked resources rather than labeling or limiting people by their symptoms.

Her style is integrative and humanistic, blending solution-focused methods, narrative work, cognitive behavioral tools, and dialectical behavior strategies to address thoughts, emotions, behavior, and background influences. Rachel aims to help clients move past stagnation by identifying exceptions to their problems, building practical skills, and supporting growth toward a more purposeful life.

Integrative Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Rachel Stuart draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy as central tools in online sessions. CBT helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and to build practical coping strategies. DBT offers skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that are useful for managing intense feelings and improving relationships.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take committed action even in the presence of difficult emotions. ACT supports people who struggle with avoidance or a sense of meaninglessness by encouraging mindful acceptance combined with value-driven steps forward. Choosing the right approach is part of the process - Rachel collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adapts the work as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Rachel is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or another convenient location, support consistent follow-up, and allow therapy to fit more naturally into everyday life while maintaining a focus on effective, evidence-informed care.