Kristi Rachal, LCSW

Kristi Rachal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of experience helping people navigate addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting stress. She supports clients dealing with career strain, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, and the unique stresses linked to caregiving and blended families. Kristi also focuses on topics like codependency, infidelity, and challenges related to BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.

She keeps sessions informal so people feel at ease from the start. Time together is meant to be straightforward and practical. Kristi emphasizes accountability and clear steps that clients can try between sessions.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses mindfulness techniques to build calm and present-moment awareness. Solution-Focused Therapy guides short-term goal setting and small, manageable changes.

Kristi’s background spans prisons, hospitals, home health and hospice, and private practice. That variety shaped a pragmatic style that fits many life situations, from first responder stress to end-of-life caregiving concerns.

Sessions are available through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for people in Louisiana. Kristi speaks English and brings an experienced, down-to-earth approach to problem solving and daily coping skills.

How her approaches work online

Kristi uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions that change mood and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, addiction patterns, and many day-to-day struggles. Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she offers to build attention and calm through simple breathing and awareness exercises, which can reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, small goals and track progress so change feels doable and practical.

Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. Kristi collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean leaning more on CBT for thought patterns or using solution-focused steps when someone needs quick, concrete changes.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat and texting make quick check-ins or short exchanges possible, and all formats let people fit therapy into busy days.