Rachel Wilson-Snyder, LPC

Rachel Wilson-Snyder is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 23 years of clinical experience. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy as a key approach and blends that with humanistic ideas to help people face anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Rachel writes plainly and works in a warm, collaborative way that focuses on practical steps. She helps people build better daily routines and stronger organization and executive functioning skills. Rachel also coaches clients on relationship skills, parenting strategies, time management, and problem solving. Her work includes supporting adults who have experienced trauma, grief, or life-altering events. Rachel has a particular sensitivity to autism and developmental differences because she is a parent of a child on the autism spectrum. That background informs how she supports caregivers and loved ones, and how she adapts goals and strategies for different needs. In sessions she emphasizes clear goals and step-by-step plans. She combines cognitive behavioral tools with client-centered conversation and motivational interviewing to help people clarify values and take practical actions. The tone in sessions is empowering and straightforward. Over two decades of practice have given her experience across many settings and concerns. Rachel focuses on helping people find a clearer sense of identity, improve self-esteem, and create manageable routines that reflect their priorities. She aims to be a steady guide as clients work toward meaningful change.

How Rachel’s approaches translate to online therapy

Rachel commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. CBT sessions typically include practical exercises, thought records, and step-by-step plans that translate well to an online format. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That work helps people understand intimacy concerns, abandonment or codependency issues, and family of origin patterns through reflective conversation and targeted exercises. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your needs and goals, discuss which methods might fit best, and adjust the plan as you go. Clients often try a blend of approaches and refine what works over time. Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for full sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between sessions, which can help people stay on track with behavioral tasks and routines.