Rachel May, LCSW
Licensed in Texas · 12 years in practice
Rachel May is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, Texas
- 60889 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1285308643 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
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About Rachel
Rachel May is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and trauma. She draws on years of clinical work to guide straightforward, practical steps that fit each person's life. Rachel listens without judgment and focuses on what matters most to the client.
Rachel has worked in psychiatric hospital settings and community care, so she is familiar with a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
That background helps when someone needs steady support during big life changes or crisis moments. Her approach is flexible so treatment can adjust as progress is made. In sessions she combines several methods to suit each person.
She uses skills-based work for mood and anxiety, values-based exercises to clarify direction, and relational ideas to repair connection and intimacy. Sessions often include practical tools, short exercises, and breathing or grounding techniques when needed. Rachel aims to make therapy a collaborative process.
She offers guidance and suggestions while encouraging clients to set their own goals and pace. Resources and homework are shared when helpful to reinforce skills between sessions. People seek her out for a wide variety of issues including depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, career stress, LGBT concerns, body image, ADHD, and relationship problems.
She also supports people coping with abusive histories, divorce, or caregiver burnout. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to match each persons schedule. Rachel works to create a straightforward plan so clients can see manageable steps forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rachel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rachel names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters and take small, committed steps toward those values. In practice this can look like short exercises and values-focused homework that fit into daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building concrete skills to change behaviors and mood, making it useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasnt worked before. Together they decide whether ACT, CBT, attachment ideas, or a mix will best support the persons objectives and adjust that plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions are useful when a shorter check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions or use a quick message format that fits a busy day. These options make it easier to work therapy into real life while using the approaches and tools discussed above.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, body image concerns, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and trauma-related problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. She blends skills training, values work, and relational discussion to build a plan that fits each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience and a background working in psychiatric hospital settings and community care.
What credentials and location are listed?
Rachel holds an LCSW, listed as TX LCSW, and practices from Texas.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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