Rachel Bertrand, LCPC

Rachel Bertrand is a licensed clinician in Illinois who helps people facing worry, low self-worth, and big life changes. She focuses on practical steps parents and adults can use to manage stress, anxiety, and relationship tension. Rachel speaks plainly and works alongside clients to set clear goals and small, doable steps.

She uses approaches grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, acceptance work, and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Sessions aim to build better communication, steadier moods, and more self-compassion. Rachel also supports those navigating identity questions, body image concerns, and pregnancy or postpartum transition.

With seven years of experience and an Illinois LCPC credential, she blends evidence-informed techniques with a warm, client-centered style. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Rachel helps clients practice skills between sessions so change can carry into daily life.

Common topics she addresses include coping with grief, trauma and abuse recovery, mood challenges such as depression and bipolar concerns, and stress about work or parenting. She also works on attachment and abandonment issues, commitment and control worries, and social anxiety.

Rachel offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. She asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits their calendar.

Practical therapy methods you can use online

CBT helps people spot and test thoughts that make anxiety or low mood worse, and then try different behaviors to see what changes. It is useful for worry, social anxiety, negative self-beliefs, and many daily stressors.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on living according to values even when difficult feelings are present. It uses exercises in mindfulness and value-guided action to reduce struggle with painful emotions and increase meaningful activity.

Client-centered therapy creates a supportive, nonjudgmental space where conversations guide what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and find their own solutions while learning self-compassion.

Rachel treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, try strategies together, and adjust methods based on what helps most. The aim is to match practical tools to each person’s needs rather than force a single method.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and skill practice; phone sessions can fit into a brief break or when bandwidth is limited; chat and text are useful for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, and steady encouragement between meetings. These options give flexibility for people juggling parenting, work, and daily life.