Rachelle Belott Filipiak, LPC

Rachelle Belott Filipiak is an LPC who uses a blend of practical, relationship-focused approaches to help people navigate hard moments. She draws on methods that look at how past attachments and current thoughts shape feelings and actions. Rachelle writes plainly and focuses on skills people can use day to day.

She earned a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Her five years of experience include work in a domestic violence shelter for women, a college counseling center, a medium-security correctional facility for men, and outpatient settings. Those roles shaped her ability to support people with a wide range of concerns, from trauma and grief to stress and addiction.

In sessions she mixes ideas from attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral strategies, dialectical skills, and emotionally-focused methods. Conversations tend to be practical and goal-oriented. Rachelle helps people identify patterns, try different behaviors, and reduce emotional distress.

She often helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, career transitions, midlife changes, attention concerns, and mood struggles. She also works with issues like body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems. Her aim is to teach skills clients can use long after therapy ends.

Rachelle accepts people who prefer English and welcomes international clients. She combines straight talk with empathy and encourages clients to set clear, achievable goals for change.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses; it helps people notice and change patterns that cause pain in close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding the person without judgment, helping people feel heard and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches straightforward tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change mood and functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as work progresses.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins during transitions. It can also let people use shorter meetings or sessions without video if that better suits focus, bandwidth, or day-to-day schedules. Licensed professionals offering online therapy often adapt techniques like skills training, guided exercises, and emotionally focused conversations to work well at a distance.