Rachael McKinnon

Rachael McKinnon is a licensed Master’s social worker in Michigan with 14 years of experience as a psychotherapist. She welcomes people who are feeling mentally, emotionally, or physically exhausted and helps them work toward clearer thinking, improved mood, and healthier relationships.

Her practice emphasizes consistent weekly sessions as a way to build momentum and create meaningful change. She maintains flexible availability, posts scheduled hours well in advance through the app, and offers evening and weekend appointments by request to help therapy fit into everyday life.

Rachael has worked with a wide array of concerns, including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflict, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep disturbances, anger management, self-esteem struggles, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and LGBT-related issues. Her experience spans interventions for panic, mood and personality challenges, parenting difficulties, motivation and wellness disruptions, OCD, and ADHD.

Her counseling style is warm, nonjudgmental, motivational, and interactive. She practices with respect, sensitivity, compassion, empathy, and a commitment to confidentiality, and she avoids stigmatizing labels. Rachael draws from cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, dialectical behavior, trauma-based internal family systems (IFS), and solution-focused approaches to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

She views the decision to begin therapy as an act of courage and aims to support clients in building insight, coping skills, problem-solving strategies, self-control, and self-advocacy. Together with each client she develops a focused treatment plan and goals suited to their unique situation.

Rachael holds a Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker credential, license number 6801091574, and looks forward to working with those ready to take the next step toward greater well-being.