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Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW Master of Social Work, MSW Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT Clinical Social Worker Certified Yoga Instructor Advanced Reiki Practitioner Specialties • Insurance & Fees • LocationsRachel Dahlgren is a psychotherapist licensed in Michigan and Illinois. Rachel started her career as a social worker in Chicago, where she served a variety of populations in various capacities including seeing children, adolescents, families, and adults for therapy, providing case management and therapeutic support to clients with chronic health issues, assessing and recommending services for families within the child welfare system, and providing outpatient individual therapy.
Rachel opened her practice, Valley Branch Counseling & Therapy, in 2021 where she provides individual therapy exclusively via telehealth. Rachel's primary focus in supporting women struggling with low self-esteem to improve their relationships with themselves. Rachel integrates a variety of therapeutic approaches/techniques depending on the individual needs of the client, including CBT, DBT, and EMDR.
In addition to being a trained mental health professional, Rachel is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) and a Reiki Master.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Life transitions - Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child rearing, or career changes; learning self-care to better manage resulting stress
Self-esteem - Cultivating self-compassion, assertiveness, and confidence; developing ways to reduce suffering, anxiety, social withdrawal, and self-neglect
Stress management - Strengthening effective ways of coping with the stress of life and change; managing expectations of self and others
Trauma - Coping and healing after threatening or scary events, such as witnessing accidents or experiencing sexual, verbal, emotional, or physical abuse
Rachel Dahlgren is not in-network with any insurances.
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Years of Experience: 12 years
Dominican University, Master of Social Work (MSW), 2011
Valparaiso University, Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), 2010
Michigan: 6801108246
Illinois: 149015966
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