Rachel Khan-McCroyLCSW

Rachel Khan-McCroy is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey with eleven years of experience. She approaches therapy as a partnership, listening first and helping people name strengths and practical coping skills. Her work often focuses on trauma, grief, self-esteem, depression, and navigating big life changes, including concerns that can follow pregnancy and childbirth.

She draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral tools to keep sessions grounded and concrete. Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness practices are used when emotion regulation or overwhelm are central issues. Her style is collaborative and reflective, aiming to help each person find approaches that fit their life.

Rachel has supported people facing post-traumatic stress, complex grief, mood difficulties, postpartum anxiety and depression, disordered eating, substance concerns, and caregiving stress. She has also worked with people affected by incarceration, military service, HIV/AIDS, and those receiving palliative or end-of-life care. These experiences inform a practical, nonjudgmental stance in sessions.

In conversation she often uses journaling prompts, motivational interviewing, and gentle behavioral experiments to try new ways of coping. She prioritizes clear, simple strategies that can be used between sessions. Rachel encourages people to move at a pace that feels manageable while building skills for daily life.

Her dual licensure in New Jersey and New York is part of her professional background. She offers services in English and is open to working with international clients, though scheduling and formats should be confirmed when booking.

How Rachel’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, so the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client. This approach helps people feel heard and guides practical goal-setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to try new behaviors and reduce distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that can be practiced between sessions when intense feelings arise.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods that match those goals, adapting techniques as needs change. That collaborative process helps identify which tools - whether thought-focused CBT exercises, DBT skills practice, or mindfulness habits - fit daily life.

For practical online work, ask about the session formats available when you book since the biography does not list them. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people use written exercises, guided mindfulness practices, and journaling prompts between sessions to keep progress moving forward.