Ms. Rachel Eizenga, MSW, LCSW

Merrillville, Telehealth

Education

School:
Rutgers University

Degree:
MSW

Additional Certificates:

  • BSW Eastern University

Ms. Eizenga is a graduate of Eastern University (St. Davids, PA) with a Bachelor’s of Social Work and Rutgers University (New Jersey) with a Master’s of Social Work. She has worked with adults, adolescents, and families in both outpatient and residential settings.  Ms. Eizenga 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.

Ms. Eizenga 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 their daily tasks or life goals. She hopes to provide clients with tools and strategies to help them navigate issues in a healthy, empowering way and create positive change in their life. Ms. Eizenga encourages open expression of emotions, and believes that providing a validating, supportive environment, where clients are held accountable, is beneficial for therapy.

Issues Treated

Adoption
Alcohol Use
Anger Management
Anxiety
Asperger's Syndrome
Autism
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Career Counseling
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness
Chronic Impulsivity
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Grief
Infidelity
Internet Addiction
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Marital and Premariatl
Men's Issues
Obesity
Obsessive-Compulsive
Oppositional Defiance
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Pregnancy
Prenatal
Postpartum
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self-Harming
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Transgender
Trauma and PTSD
Weight Loss
Women's Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Thinking Disorders
Bisexual
Gay
Lesbian

Specialties

Depression
Anxiety
Trauma

Session Types

Telehealth
Family Therapy
Couples Counseling
Individual Therapy

Age Specialties

Adolescents / Teenagers (14-19)
Adults

Types of Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Art Therapy
Attachment-based
Biofeedback
Christian Counseling
Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Sensitive
Dialectical (DBT)
Emotionally Focused
Family / Marital
Family Systems
Interpersonal
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
Person-Centered
Positive Psychology
Psychodynamic
Relational
Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Strength-Based
Trauma-Focused