Rachel Van Dyk is a licensed professional counselor with 12 years of clinical experience.
01About Rachel
Rachel Van Dyk is a licensed professional counselor with 12 years of clinical experience. She offers a steady, compassionate presence for people facing anxiety, depression, grief, or tough life changes. Rachel emphasizes practical steps and clear goals so people know what to expect from sessions.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Early in her career she spent five years working with college students and later moved into independent practice work in Tennessee.
Background and approach
Her background includes more than 3,000 face-to-face clinical hours and experience providing telehealth sessions. Rachel often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape present relationships. She also draws on emotionally-focused work to help clients name and shift painful feelings.
Narrative therapy helps her and clients reframe life stories and try different ways of responding to old problems. In sessions she assesses how past pain affects mood, thinking, and behavior. Then she shows tools to help change unhelpful habits, manage emotions, and improve self-talk.
The focus is on small, doable steps that add up over time. People meet Rachel for stress, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, eating and self‑esteem struggles, compassion fatigue, and coping with life transitions. Her style is curious, direct, and collaborative.
She aims to help people feel more confident in making the next move in their healing journey.
02Credentials
- LPC (Tennessee)
- License LPC0000004596 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1831553791 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rachel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
Methods Rachel names
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04Online support
How these approaches work in online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional reactions. In online sessions Rachel helps people notice repeated patterns and try new ways of relating and responding to close others.Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name strong feelings and then work through them so emotions feel less overwhelming. This approach is useful for anxiety, relationship distress, and grief where intense feelings keep showing up.
Narrative therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and their lives. Rachel uses this approach to help people rewrite unhelpful narratives and test different behaviors that align with their goals.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rachel will talk with each person about their situation, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. She adapts methods as needed so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single model.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is helpful when visual cues matter, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for quick check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family, or travel.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Rachel address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, intimacy concerns, eating struggles, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style blends attachment-based ideas, emotionally-focused work, and narrative therapy to understand patterns and try new responses. Sessions focus on practical tools and small steps people can use between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
Rachel has 12 years of clinical work, including five years counseling college students and time in independent practice, with over 3,000 face-to-face clinical hours and telehealth experience.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Tennessee licensed professional counselor - LPC - and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients meet with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Rachel offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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