Rachel Eizenga, MSW, LCSW
Merrillville, Telehealth
Education
School:
Rutgers University
Degree:
MSW
Additional Certificates:
BSW Eastern University
Rachel Eizenga is a graduate of Eastern University (St. Davids, PA) with a Bachelor’s in Social Work and Rutgers University (New Jersey) with a Master’s in Social Work. She has worked with adults, adolescents, and families in both outpatient and residential settings. Rachel has training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is passionate about working with clients through a variety of life’s challenges, including anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, relational difficulties, life transitions, spiritual/faith-based concerns, and trauma.
Rachel is dedicated to providing a safe, compassionate space for clients to open up and explore areas of their lives that may be causing distress or holding them back from accomplishing daily tasks or life goals. She hopes to equip clients with tools and strategies to navigate issues in a healthy, empowering way and create positive change in their lives. Rachel encourages open expression of emotions and believes that offering a validating, supportive environment—while also holding clients accountable—is beneficial for the therapeutic process.
Issues Treated
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality
- Career Counseling
- Child or Adolescent
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Depression/Anxiety
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gay
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premariatl
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Session Types
Telehealth
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Age Specialties
- adolescent
- adult
Types of Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Art Therapy
Attachment-based
Christian Counseling
Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Sensitive
Dialectical (DBT)
Emotionally Focused
Family Systems
Interpersonal
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
Person-Centered
Positive Psychology
Psychodynamic
Relational
Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Strength-Based
Trauma-Focused