Rachel Margolin, LCSW

Rachel Margolin is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 27 years of experience. She practices in Pennsylvania and brings a calm, approachable presence to sessions. Rachel describes herself as LGBTQ+ affirmative and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges.

Her style is warm and interactive. She listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their life. Together with a client she sets clear goals and works step by step toward them. Sessions emphasize practical skills and real-life problem solving.

Rachel draws on a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, dialectical behavior strategies, and client-centered care. She blends these approaches to match what the person needs that week. That might mean learning new coping skills, practicing emotional regulation, or tracking patterns that keep problems repeating.

People also turn to Rachel for concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, addiction, ADHD, eating problems, and career stress. She also supports those facing life transitions, fertility or adoption-related stress, family of origin issues, and questions about gender identity.

Her goal is to support and empower people so they can move toward a more satisfying life. She keeps the work focused and practical, while offering space to process feelings and make changes that matter.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying what matters most to them. It teaches simple skills to move toward those values even when emotions are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds shape current connections and reactions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist listens to a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day life, then suggests ways of working together. Over the first few sessions she and the client check what’s helping and adapt the plan as needed.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking. The main practical benefit is flexibility - therapy can fit into a busy schedule more easily. Online work can make it simpler to do short check-ins, bring in paperwork during a session, or keep appointments when travel or work makes in-person meetings harder. Therapists can teach emotion regulation and cognitive skills just as they would in person, and the focus is on what helps you make steady progress.