Rachel Black, LMHC

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Compassionate counselor helping people rewrite hard stories

Details

Name	Rachel Black
Credentials	LMHC
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	20

About Rachel

Rachel Black is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people cope with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, stress, and life transitions. Rachel aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk, reflect, and try new ways of managing hard moments.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions often look at personal stories and patterns to find what keeps problems going.

Background and approach

She draws on Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their life stories, and uses tools from cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical skills to build coping steps. Rachel also uses attachment-informed ideas to understand how early relationships shape present difficulties. That perspective is useful for people dealing with intimacy issues, abandonment, or family of origin problems.

She blends this with client-centered listening to make sure each person’s pace and goals guide the work. Over two decades she has supported people facing addictions, bipolar or mood concerns, sleep and eating issues, chronic illness, and career stress. She pays attention to shame, guilt, codependency, and communication patterns that get in the way of recovery.

Her approach aims to be practical while respecting the complexity of each person’s life. Therapy can include short-term skill building or longer, story-focused work depending on need. Rachel offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging and works in English from Florida.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Rachel works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Somatic Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Internal Family Systems: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Rachel directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Rachel directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

How narrative and skills-based approaches work online

Rachel blends Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas with client-centered listening to help people untangle difficult patterns. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and offers ways to rewrite those stories so they cause less pain and open new possibilities. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship experiences shape current trust and closeness, which can help when intimacy, abandonment, or family problems are central.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to focus on story-driven exploration, skill-building, or a mix of both so the plan fits the person’s needs.

Online therapy provides practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility limits while keeping the focus on meaningful change.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does she support?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns such as sleep or eating problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth, with attention to personal stories and everyday coping skills. She balances listening with practical exercises clients can try between sessions.

What is her clinical background?

Rachel has 20 years of experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma, mood concerns, and long-term patterns like codependency or attachment issues.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is licensed as an LMHC in Florida and practices from that state.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.

How does payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start therapy with her?

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