Meet Rachel Pollock, LSW
Rachel Pollock, LSW
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Location: Lemont, Shorewood
Anxiety, Grief / Loss, Trauma / PTSD
Some struggles are harder to find help for than others. Anxiety, depression, life transitions – there are therapists for those on every corner. But if you or someone you love is living with schizophrenia, psychosis, or a serious mental illness, finding an outpatient therapist who is not only willing but genuinely equipped to help can feel like an impossible search. That gap in care is real – and it leaves too many people, and too many prescribing providers, without a trusted therapeutic partner.
Rachel Pollock is one of the few outpatient therapists actively and confidently working with clients living with schizophrenia and psychosis — alongside anxiety, OCD, trauma and PTSD, grief, and major life transitions. She provides individual therapy for a wide range of ages, from teens (12–17) through older adults (65+), and brings something rare to this work: over six years of hands-on crisis experience in a psychiatric hospital and domestic violence shelter, where she led DBT and CBT group therapy for some of the most complex, high-acuity populations in mental health care.
That background matters, revealing that Rachel has sat with clients in their most acute, vulnerable, and frightening moments – and knows how to provide steady, skilled, compassionate care without flinching. For clients with psychosis or schizophrenia who are stabilized and ready for outpatient therapy, she offers something most can’t find: a therapist who understands the clinical landscape of serious mental illness, collaborates effectively with prescribing providers, and brings genuine warmth and a strengths-based lens to every session.
Rachel holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work. In session, she draws on CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, and Strengths-Based practices – always tailored to the individual, never a one-size-fits-all formula. Her approach is centered on helping clients gain new perspectives, build resilience, and reconnect with the inner strengths that serious mental illness, trauma, or life’s hardest chapters can make hard to see.
Whether you’re managing the day-to-day realities of schizophrenia, working through OCD or trauma, navigating grief, or adjusting to a major life change, Rachel is dedicated to meeting you exactly where you are – and helping you build the emotional tools and resilience to move forward.
For psychiatric providers – NPs, MDs, and prescribers – seeking a trusted outpatient therapy partner for clients with psychosis or serious mental illness, Rachel welcomes collaborative care relationships and referral partnerships.
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