- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Rachel
Rachel Babiskin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified (LCSW-C) who brings 25 years of experience to her work. She uses a client-centered, motivational style and focuses on meeting people where they are in their life. Rachel aims to build a respectful, trusting relationship so clients feel heard and understood.
Her practice emphasizes strength-based and trauma-informed care. She helps people identify practical skills they can use day to day. That might include strategies for managing anxiety, coping with grief, or improving mood and motivation.
Background and approach
Rachel has a Bachelor’s degree in Family Studies from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland. Her background includes work in schools, hospitals, and independent practice. Over the years she has supported adults navigating mental illness, co-occurring conditions, and life transitions.
She often focuses on relationship concerns, parenting stress, attention and executive functioning challenges, and substance-related struggles. Rachel combines guidance with gentle challenge when it helps clients move forward. Her aim is practical change that improves everyday functioning and wellbeing.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Rachel works to make therapy a positive, motivating experience that helps people build skills and regain a sense of control in their lives.
What Rachel works with
Everything Rachel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rachel helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
Practical approaches for online parenting support
Rachel draws on client-centered and motivational methods that focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. These approaches emphasize collaboration, listening, and pacing work to each person’s readiness to change, which can help with parenting stress, motivation, and daily routines.She also uses strength-based, trauma-informed techniques that help people spot their existing skills and build new ones. This style highlights practical coping tools for anxiety, grief, mood changes, and experiences related to trauma, and it supports building routines and strategies that work at home.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work together with the client to identify goals, try methods, and adjust strategies based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to tailor sessions to parenting demands and individual preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Chat and messaging offer flexible, ongoing support between live sessions and can fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to work on parenting concerns without traveling and to fit therapy into day-to-day life.
Questions people ask about Rachel
What concerns does Rachel commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, attention difficulties, addictions, relationship challenges, trauma and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and motivational, using strength-based and trauma-informed methods to help people build useful skills.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Rachel has 25 years of experience in schools, hospitals, and independent practice, supporting adults with mental health and co-occurring concerns.
Where is she located and what are her credentials?
She practices in Maryland and holds an MD as well as being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified, listed as MD, LCSW-C.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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