Rachelle Belott Filipiak, LPC

Rachelle Belott Filipiak is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people change unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of feeling better. She speaks plainly about practical steps people can take to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and rebuild confidence.

Rachelle earned a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Her background includes work in a domestic violence shelter for women, a college counseling center, a medium-security correctional facility for men, and outpatient mental health services. Those roles shaped how she listens and what she offers in sessions.

She uses a mix of approaches and tailors them to each person. That can include focusing on attachment patterns, core thoughts, or skills for handling intense emotions. Sessions typically look like talking through current struggles, identifying obstacles, and practicing new ways of thinking and behaving.

Her stated aim is to help people gain tools they can use on their own. Rachelle frames therapy as a collaborative process where people build skills to manage depression, trauma, relationship pain, grief, eating or body image concerns, parenting stress, ADHD challenges, and more.

She brings five years of clinical experience and describes her style as modern, holistic, and interpersonal. People who want straightforward guidance and a focus on thoughts and everyday habits may find her approach helpful.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work helps people notice patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions; online sessions can include talking through relationship histories and practicing new ways to connect. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits; in virtual sessions this often means setting simple homework, tracking thoughts between meetings, and trying behavior experiments at home. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and naming emotions to shift how people respond in relationships and personal struggles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Over time goals and techniques are adjusted based on what is working.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports practicing skills in the environments where challenges happen, so people can bring real-life examples into sessions and work on them together.