Rachel Parker, LICSW

Rachel Parker is a licensed clinical social worker in Alabama with 20 years of social work experience. She holds the LICSW credential, a clinical social work license that indicates qualification for independent clinical practice. Over the course of her career she has supported people facing a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, career transitions, homelessness, substance use, life changes, grief and loss, and pregnancy loss or infertility.

In addition to those core areas, Rachel has worked with matters such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, disaster-related coping, domestic violence, feelings of emptiness, fertility matters, forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, multicultural concerns, postpartum depression, and pregnancy and childbirth. This breadth of experience informs a practical, compassionate approach to care.

Her therapeutic style is warm and interactive, grounded in respect, sensitivity, dignity, and common courtesy. She integrates a strengths-based perspective with solution-focused and humanistic principles, and draws on client-centered therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness therapy, and motivational interviewing to tailor support to each person’s needs.

Rachel provides an honest, nonjudgmental environment for exploring the issues someone brings to therapy and aims to help people navigate life’s changes. She supports steps toward improved well-being and greater fulfillment, and seeks to empower individuals as they work toward their goals.