Rachelle Belott Filipiak

Rachelle Belott Filipiak is an LPC who uses a practical, interpersonal approach to help people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She draws on methods that focus on relationships, present experience, and skills to reduce distress. Her style is direct and supportive, aimed at helping people build skills they can use every day.

She earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and has five years of experience in varied settings. Her work has included a domestic violence shelter for women, a college counseling center, a medium-security correctional facility for men, and outpatient services for diverse ages and concerns. That range shapes how she adapts sessions to meet different needs.

In the room she looks at what gets in the way of change and helps people practice new thoughts and behaviors. Sessions may include exploring attachment patterns, noticing feelings in the moment, and learning concrete coping skills for anger, anxiety, or grief. The focus is on realistic steps that reduce emotional intensity and improve daily functioning.

She helps with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, grief, eating issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.

Rachelle aims to help people gain confidence in handling challenges on their own over time. Her goal is to leave clients with tools they can rely on long after therapy ends.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. Online sessions using this approach often look at how people respond in close relationships and practice new ways of relating and responding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In remote sessions it often includes setting small, doable tasks between meetings and reviewing what worked and what did not.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, symptoms, and daily demands. That means checking in regularly and adjusting techniques if something does not fit.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or remove the need to be on camera when someone prefers audio only. Licensed professionals can use these options to help people practice skills in real situations and follow progress between sessions.