Rachel Horn, LCSW

Rachel Horn is a licensed clinical social worker who brings four years of practice to her work in California. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. Rachel also supports those facing addiction concerns and people navigating LGBT-related issues. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a straightforward approach in sessions.

Rachel structures conversations to fit each person's needs. She listens first, then helps set practical goals together. Sessions often focus on skills you can use between meetings, such as managing difficult feelings or improving communication.

Her background includes using a mix of approaches that aim to change unhelpful patterns and build values-based action. She uses strategies that help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match what matters to them. She also draws on cognitive methods to spot and shift thinking that fuels anxiety or low mood.

Rachel frames work as a partnership. She helps people clarify what they want to change and creates steps toward those goals. If coaching-style direction is a better fit for certain tasks, she blends that with therapy work.

People who come to Rachel often want direct support for everyday problems. Typical concerns include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and blended-family stress, trauma and past abuse, body image and self-esteem, and difficulties related to attachment or abandonment. She also works with people facing caregiving strain and aging-related worries.

How Rachel’s approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps you notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match your values. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and life transitions where people want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change those patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing cravings or addictive behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, supportive relationship where the therapist follows your lead and helps you find your own solutions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachel will listen to your goals and use techniques that fit your needs and preferences. Together you can try different strategies and adjust them if something does not feel helpful.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with Rachel about how to structure sessions around your schedule and the kinds of exercises or tools you want to use between meetings.