About Rachael
Rachael Cloud is a licensed mental health clinician in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, mood disorders, and relationship or parenting concerns. She has practical experience with depression, bipolar disorder, grief, intimacy issues, eating problems, ADHD, and young adult challenges. Rachael writes plainly and meets people where they are.
Rachael’s approach is warm and interactive. She listens without judgment and uses straightforward tools to help clients manage symptoms and make changes.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit daily life rather than long lectures or vague theory. She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness.
Rachael adapts techniques to the problem at hand - whether that means anxiety reduction skills, behavioral experiments, grounding strategies after trauma, or planning around addiction triggers. Over 12 years she has worked with people at different stages of recovery and growth. She aims to build a practical plan you can try between sessions and then adjust based on results.
Progress is reviewed in simple terms so you can see what helps. Rachael frames therapy as a collaborative process. She supports parents dealing with stress, people working through grief or trauma, and those trying to improve relationships or manage mood symptoms.
Her style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and straightforward problem solving.
How Rachael uses evidence-based approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unwanted thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants clearer direction and consistent action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It works well for anxiety, mood disorders, and many daily problems by giving specific skills to reduce symptoms and change routines.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. It is helpful when emotions feel overwhelming or reactions are getting in the way of goals.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Rachael will talk with each person about goals and past experiences and then suggest methods to try. She adjusts strategies over time so therapy matches the client’s needs, preferences, and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video lets people work face to face from a chosen location, phone can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat and text provide brief check-ins and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options aim to make it easier to use skills in real situations and to keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English