Rachel Palmore, LPC

Rachel Palmore is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and other life challenges. She speaks plainly and aims to make conversations easy to follow for worried parents and busy adults.

With about 20 years of experience, Rachel blends practical tools with a warm, direct style. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques alongside client-centered listening to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small, doable changes. She also brings elements of emotionally focused work and mindfulness when emotion or relationship patterns are central concerns.

Sessions focus on real-life problems and skills that can be used between meetings. Rachel encourages clients to reflect on feelings, identify goals, and practice new behaviors. She frames progress as a series of small steps rather than a single event.

Her background includes long-term work in Alabama with diverse populations and situations. Rachel pays attention to multicultural issues, adoption and foster care experiences, and challenges like seasonal affective disorder and prejudice-related stress.

People who choose Rachel can expect practical strategies, clear communication, and a collaborative approach. She supports clients facing parenting strain, career transitions, trauma recovery, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue by focusing on what will help in day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building understanding. The therapist offers space for clients to tell their story, reflect on feelings, and set the pace. This approach helps people who need support making sense of emotions and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In sessions clients learn simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related patterns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and strong emotions. It helps people notice how they respond in tense moments and try different ways of connecting or expressing needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. Techniques may be adapted over time based on what feels most helpful.

Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face from home, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.