Rachel Van Dyk, LPC
Therapist who listens to your story
Details
| Name | Rachel Van Dyk |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Tennessee |
| Licensed in | Tennessee |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Rachel
Rachel Van Dyk is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with twelve years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She frames the work as walking alongside someone through their struggles. Rachel listens for what matters most in each person's story and looks for small, practical steps forward.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. She spent five years working with college students and has practiced in personal settings since then.
Background and approach
She has provided more than 3,000 face-to-face clinical hours and has also offered telehealth sessions. Rachel often pays attention to how early connections shape current relationships. She draws on narrative ideas to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves.
She also uses attachment-based work and Emotionally-Focused Therapy elements to address closeness, trust, and emotional responses. In sessions she assesses how past experiences affect feelings, thoughts, and behavior now. Then she and the client try out tools to change unhelpful patterns.
That might look like shifting self-talk, practicing different ways of responding in relationships, or building coping skills for anxiety and stress. She helps people struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and life changes.
Rachel aims to help people make decisions that lead to more hope and greater confidence in their own healing journey.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Rachel works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Rachel among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): 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 Rachel’s approaches translate to online therapy
Rachel uses Narrative Therapy to help people look at the stories they tell about themselves and to consider different, more helpful ways of understanding their experiences. This can be useful for issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and patterns that repeat in relationships.Attachment-Based Therapy is used to notice how early connections affect current closeness and trust. In sessions she helps people recognize those patterns and practice different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rachel works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can shift over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when that helps the work. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings and make it simpler to check in on small concerns. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, school, and family life and to continue therapy from different locations.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. Attachment issues are a noted additional focus area.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She listens for each person's story and combines narrative work with attachment ideas and emotionally-focused techniques. The approach is collaborative and practical, with an emphasis on changing patterns that cause pain.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University and has twelve years of clinical experience, including five years working with college students and over 3,000 face-to-face hours.
Where is she licensed to practice?
Rachel is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Tennessee LPC credential and practices from Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How does cost and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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