Therapist profile
Rachel Schmittou, LMSW, LCSW
LCSW - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with RachelAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Communication skills
About Rachel
Rachel Schmittou is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of professional experience. She practices in Florida and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, parenting challenges, and depression.
Rachel helps people sort through immediate household tensions and longer standing patterns that affect everyday life. She listens for what matters most to each person and uses clear, practical conversation rather than jargon. Topics she commonly addresses include attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, control issues, and caregiver stress.
Therapy sessions often focus on realistic steps a person can try between meetings. She talks through ways to change difficult interactions at home and to manage strong feelings so daily routines become easier. Work can include setting boundaries, improving difficult conversations, and addressing shame around body image or life purpose.
Clients can expect a steady, problem-focused approach that balances understanding with concrete next steps. Rachel pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people recognize options available to them now. She also offers support around divorce and separation, forgiveness, isolation, and women’s issues.
If someone is thinking about therapy for parenting strain or family conflict, Rachel helps clarify priorities and practical strategies. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and a scheduled first session are used to set goals and a plan.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques are used online
Rachel draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on patterns of thought and behavior. One common approach looks at how past attachment and relationship experiences shape current reactions; it helps people recognize repeating patterns and try new responses to reduce conflict. Another approach emphasizes problem-focused strategies and behavioral steps you can practice between sessions to manage anxiety, stress, and caregiving strain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily realities, and preferences, and will adjust methods together as progress is tracked. That collaborative planning helps match techniques to what feels most useful in real life.
Practical benefits of meeting this way include fitting sessions into busy schedules and keeping momentum between appointments. Because the biography does not specify session formats, confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to check in during a lunch break, hold a shorter focused meeting, or avoid travel time, which helps therapy fit into parenting and household routines.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Michigan, Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting issues are addressed?
She works with adults on family conflict, parenting strain, and related relationship stress. Topics include caregiving stress, divorce and separation concerns, and communication problems.
How would you describe her way of working?
Rachel focuses on practical conversation and clear steps you can try between sessions. She emphasizes understanding patterns from past relationships and changing day-to-day interactions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of professional experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Florida.
Are sessions available in other languages or to people outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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