Rachael Mooney, LISW-CP, LCSW, CSW

Rachael Mooney is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice in South Carolina and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia. She has four years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. Rachael aims to create a warm, respectful space where people feel heard and can begin to make practical changes.

Her approach is collaborative and interactive. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and everyday habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are applied when people need tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Rachael also uses mindfulness and existential ideas to help people find meaning and stay present. She works with common life challenges such as coping with change, caregiver stress, relationship communication, and concerns about body image. Obsessive thoughts, panic, post-traumatic stress, and seasonal mood shifts are additional areas she addresses.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps and small experiments people can try between meetings. Plans are tailored to individual goals rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol. She explains techniques plainly and checks in about what is or isn’t helpful.

Rachael encourages people to take manageable steps toward better daily routines and clearer thinking. Her goal is for clients to leave sessions feeling more capable and understood.

How selected approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. In practice this means sessions begin by identifying goals and priorities, and the therapist adapts to a client's pace and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and everyday habits and introduces small experiments to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and panic. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better ways to respond to conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their life, needs, and goals. That may mean combining ideas from different approaches and checking in regularly about what helps.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to try tools between meetings. If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Many people appreciate the ability to schedule shorter check-ins around work or to avoid travel time, and online meetings can make it simpler to practice skills in everyday contexts.