Rachael Sholar, LCSW

Rachael Sholar is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that can ease daily life. She aims to be approachable and human in sessions, offering warmth alongside structure.

Rachael brings four years of clinical experience from Kentucky to her practice. She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping clients notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck or ambivalent.

In sessions she emphasizes simple skills people can use between meetings. Those skills might include ways to shift unhelpful thinking, small behavior changes, and short exercises to reduce tension. She talks through options with each person so the plan fits their life.

Rachael is comfortable including a faith-informed perspective when clients request it. She does not expect people to have a clear plan or special language before coming; she helps build understanding together, step by step.

Her work often addresses related concerns such as self-esteem struggles, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and challenges tied to adoption or foster care and substance use. The focus is on realistic tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How Rachael’s Approaches Work Online

Rachael commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT breaks problems into small parts and teaches concrete skills that can be practiced between sessions to reduce worry and improve mood.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who feel uncertain about change. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping you find your own reasons and motivation for doing things differently.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rachael will discuss your goals and preferences and help choose methods that fit your situation. That choice is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people work on skills from wherever they spend most of their day, which can help apply new tools to real-life moments.