Rachel Giles, LCSW

Rachel Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 10 years of experience helping adults. She brings a warm, accepting manner and focuses on practical steps people can take when life feels overwhelming. Rachel uses everyday language and straightforward guidance to make sessions feel usable from the first meeting.

She combines cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered care and mindfulness to match each person’s needs. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and build awareness of emotions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for each person.

Rachel works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and addiction. She also supports people facing career changes, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. Her additional focus areas include communication problems, commitment issues, guilt and shame, and self-esteem struggles.

Her style is nonjudgmental and interactive. Rachel encourages curiosity and practical experimentation instead of long lectures. She aims to help people set clear goals, practice new skills between sessions, and notice small changes that add up over time.

Getting started involves a simple intake and a short conversation to set priorities. Rachel emphasizes working together so clients feel understood and supported while they pursue change.

How Rachel’s Approaches Work Online

Rachel often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is action-oriented and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and clarity.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rachel talks with each person about their goals and preferences and then tailors techniques together. This collaborative planning means the plan can change as progress is made or new priorities emerge.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and fuller conversation, phone sessions can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working on meaningful change.