Raquel Castellanos Miller, LCSW

Raquel Castellanos Miller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of clinical experience, licensed to practice in California and Montana. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship challenges, heal from trauma and abuse, and build greater motivation, self esteem, and confidence. She also has experience supporting clients who are coping with depression.

Raquel approaches therapy from a strengths-based perspective, recognizing that each person is the expert in their own life and already possesses resources that can support change. She aims to create a collaborative space where clients can explore what is getting in the way of their goals, develop practical skills, and build on existing strengths to move forward. Taking the step to begin therapy can require courage, and Raquel acknowledges and honors that decision as part of the healing process.

Her work blends practical, evidence-informed strategies with a supportive stance that centers the client’s priorities, helping individuals address immediate concerns while also developing long-term coping and resilience.

Evidence-Informed Care and Flexible Online Sessions

Raquel often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, stress, and depression. These approaches focus on changing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and building concrete tools for daily life.

She also integrates trauma-informed strategies that prioritize safety, pacing, and understanding the impact of traumatic experiences. These methods support people recovering from abuse or traumatic events by helping them process difficult memories and rebuild a sense of stability and empowerment.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Raquel works collaboratively with each client to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adjust methods over time to ensure the work feels useful and appropriate.

Online therapy with Raquel is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for scheduling and meeting from different locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into a busy life, and access support in a format that feels most comfortable to the client.