Rachel Mariotti, LMHC

Rachel Mariotti is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with over five years of professional experience. She began her career in a psychoanalytic clinic and later founded a private practice called Mental Hygiene, where her work centers on present-moment automatic thoughts and the patterns that create negative reactions and beliefs. This approach is aligned with principles similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with an emphasis on relating thoughts to everyday responses.

Rachel maintains a casual therapeutic style that can include an occasional sense of humor, believing that honest conversation about life shifts - big or small - is an important habit to develop. She combines compassion with clear direction, often assigning practical homework between sessions such as writing exercises or mindfulness practices. She also makes space to notice and reinforce positive moments, viewing them as essential for retraining how people communicate and interpret their experiences.

Her clinical focus frequently addresses stress and anxiety arising from transitions, relationship difficulties, motivation and self-esteem concerns, and career challenges. Rachel helps clients move away from black-or-white thinking toward recognizing the spectrum between extremes, encouraging verbalization of that nuance while keeping attention on existing positives. She frames therapy as a collaborative and committed journey toward clearer thinking and more balanced day-to-day responses.