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Rachel Black

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Rachel Black, LMHC

Florida

Florida LMHC - Relationships and Codependency

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Where Rachel stands

Credentials
LMHC
License
LMHC, Florida / MH18535
NPI
1447749445
Experience
20 years
Languages
English
Location
Florida

About

  • Attachment work
  • CBT tools
  • Mindfulness practice

About Rachel

Rachel Black is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, self-esteem concerns, codependency, addictions, and life changes. Rachel helps people who struggle with people-pleasing, trouble saying no, and losing themselves in relationships find clearer ways to cope.

Her sessions focus on practical steps and straightforward conversation. She uses approaches like attachment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Expect to talk through recent problems, look at how past relationships shape current choices, and practice skills for setting boundaries and managing intense feelings.

Rachel draws on two decades of client work to combine discussion with concrete tools. She may introduce behavioral experiments, tracking exercises, or short mindfulness practices to test what works in daily life. The tone is direct and collaborative rather than abstract, with an emphasis on next steps people can try between sessions.

She also works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, career strain, bipolar and depression, ADHD, chronic illness, and family of origin problems. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment wounds, communication problems, control issues, and hoarding.

Sessions are offered in English from her Florida practice. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

How Rachel’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships affect current patterns. It helps people notice repetitive ways of relating - like clinging, avoidance, or losing boundaries - and practice different responses in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves testing beliefs, trying small behavioral experiments, and building coping skills for anxiety, depression, and codependent behavior.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals and test which methods feel most helpful. That may mean combining attachment insights with CBT exercises and short mindfulness practices to manage urges and improve boundaries.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people practice new skills in their real-life settings and then discuss what happened in the next session. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices to online meetings so progress continues even when schedules are tight.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Does she help with people-pleasing and codependent patterns?

Yes. She works with codependency and related behaviors like people-pleasing and difficulty saying no.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a direct, collaborative approach that mixes conversation with practical exercises and skills practice.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 20 years of experience as a clinician working with a broad range of concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.

Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats does she offer?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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