Rachel Mariotti, LMHC

Rachel Mariotti is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. She blends a down-to-earth style with practical techniques to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and intimacy-related issues. Rachel keeps sessions casual and occasionally uses humor to make hard conversations easier.

She began her work in a psychoanalytic clinic and later opened a private practice called Mental Hygiene. Her current approach focuses on how automatic thoughts shape feelings and behavior, similar to cognitive behavioral therapy. Rachel often gives brief between-session exercises like writing prompts and mindfulness practices to build new habits.

Clients commonly bring concerns about confidence, motivation, career stress, sleep and eating issues, and the frustration of black-or-white thinking. Rachel helps people notice those patterns and consider more flexible ways of thinking. She also pays attention to small positive moments and helps clients practice communicating them.

Rachel has five years of clinical experience and uses that background to offer clear, directed feedback alongside compassion. She aims to create a collaborative process where people can talk honestly about life changes and make steady progress. Her work can include conversation, written exercises, and mindfulness tasks to support change between sessions.

If you want a therapist who balances practical tools with warmth, Rachel helps clients name unhelpful thoughts and build routines that fit their lives.

How Rachel’s Techniques Translate to Online Work

Rachel draws on approaches that focus on noticing automatic thoughts and shifting unhelpful mental habits. One approach helps people identify immediate negative thoughts, test them, and try alternative ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and improve decision making. Another common approach uses brief behavioral experiments and mindfulness exercises to build small daily changes in mood, sleep, or eating patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachel will talk with you about your goals and preferences, and together you will try methods that feel practical and doable. She often assigns brief writing exercises or mindfulness tasks between sessions to reinforce progress.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people practice skills in their everyday routines. Many clients find that consistent brief exercises between sessions help maintain momentum even when life is busy.