Racheal Wilson, LPC
Racheal Wilson [she/her] is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who is supervised by Michael Pollak, PCC-S. She provides individual counseling to adolescents (16+) and adults. Her areas of focus include bipolar disorder, dual-diagnosis, substance-use disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, complex trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Racheal’s therapeutic style is creative, adaptive, and works to address the client as a whole which includes both their inner and outer environments. She incorporates narrative, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Adlerian, Internal Family Systems, and person-centered modalities to utilize a holistic approach that addresses the systemic barriers unique to each client’s success.
Racheal earned her Bachelor of Arts in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Intervention at University of Massachusetts and Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adler University. Racheal has experience in community mental health working with high-risk clients prior to completing her internship with The Behavioral Wellness Group co-facilitating Dual Diagnosis IOP alongside Michael Pollak, PCC-S and working individually with clients of all backgrounds.
In her free time, Racheal enjoys trying to get her menagerie of animals to understand the Amazon delivery driver is not a threat to homeland security, honing her button-mashing skills on the newest video game of interest and spending money at the bookstore.
Favorite Quote
"It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have." – Cheryl Strayed
Contact
Position:
Licensed Professional Counselor
Address:
8224 Mentor Ave, Suite 208
Mentor Ohio 44060
Email:
rwilson@behavioralwellnessgroup.com
Phone:
440-392-2222 EXT 829
Fax:
440-565-2349
Articles
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Annual IOP Statistics Summary 2022
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Annual Post Graduation IOP Success Summary
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CARF Accreditation 2022
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