Rachel Chernow, LCPC

Rachel Chernow is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strains, career pressures, and related concerns. Rachel uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused work to help people get a handle on overwhelming feelings and recurring conflict.

She trained at Johns Hopkins University where she earned a master's degree in clinical counseling. Her background includes private practice and community-based settings, giving her experience with a wide variety of emotional and behavioral issues. Rachel names bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, and ADHD among topics she has addressed in her practice.

Rachel describes her approach as collaborative and relationship-based. Sessions begin with attention to what matters most to the client and to immediate coping needs. She draws on client-centered ways of working to keep the person’s priorities in view while introducing skills from cognitive behavioral therapy when helpful.

Mindfulness techniques are also part of her toolbox, used to manage strong emotions and interrupt reactive patterns. She focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions, such as brief behavioral experiments, thought records, and simple grounding practices.

People who come for help with anger often want clearer communication, boundaries, and strategies to reduce blow-ups. Rachel’s sessions are conversational and action-oriented, focused on making small, manageable changes that reduce tension and improve daily functioning.

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