Rachel Jones, LPC

Rachel Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s degree in Educational, School and Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She brings 13 years of direct therapy experience and a broader background in clinic leadership and supervision. Rachel practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. Rachel offers straightforward, practical work in sessions. She listens first and then helps people make small changes that add up. Her approach is client-centered and trauma-aware, and she uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to address day-to-day problems. She has worked across community mental health, career counseling, substance use treatment, and domestic and family violence settings. That variety shaped her focus on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and compassion fatigue. She also works with concerns like relationship strain, parenting and family issues, adoption and foster care, and challenges that come from multicultural backgrounds. Rachel also helps with practical life problems such as career questions, ADHD, codependency, and caregiver stress. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to set achievable goals and track progress. Sessions emphasize skills people can try between meetings. Clinic hours include evening availability in Central Standard Time to accommodate work and family schedules. People who prefer online formats can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Rachel asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started.

How Rachel blends practical approaches for online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. It starts by listening closely and reflecting what matters most to the client, helping them feel understood and steering the work by their priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress by testing unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors between sessions. Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and simple awareness practices. It can help reduce reactivity and support coping with grief, trauma responses, and ongoing worry. Rachel treats choosing an approach as a team process. She will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The first few sessions are often about figuring out the best mix of skills and supports. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work visually and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for timely support, shorter check-ins, and when typing feels more comfortable. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when schedules change.