Rachael Cutts, LCPC

Rachael Cutts is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing major life changes, grief, career strain, and compassion fatigue. Rachael emphasizes practical steps and steady support so people can move forward from what holds them back.

She works from the belief that each person knows their own story. Rachael looks for strengths the client already has and builds on them. Sessions focus on small, usable tools that can be practiced between meetings. Conversations are straightforward and goal oriented so progress is easier to notice.

Rachael uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered techniques, and mindfulness approaches to tailor work to each person. That mix helps with changing patterns of thought, managing strong emotions, and clarifying values and priorities. She blends skills practice, values-based planning, and reflective listening in session.

Over 18 years she has supported people through addiction recovery, relationship conflict, parenting strain, and adjustment to illness or loss. Her background includes helping people with sleep and eating concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and chronic pain or illness. Rachael aims to make therapy practical and humane.

People who meet with Rachael can expect a collaborative pace. She helps set clear short-term goals and checks progress regularly. The focus is on usable change rather than abstract talk.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Rachael uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses. CBT is practical and focuses on changing patterns that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and sleep or eating concerns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and teach willingness to move toward what matters despite difficult feelings; ACT can be useful for life changes, chronic pain, and persistent worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rachael collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, and she adapts tools over time based on what helps most. The process is conversational and hands-on, with homework and short skills practice between sessions.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing support and short updates. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and treatment for health conditions.