Rachel Willyung LCSW ACSW

Rachel Willyung LCSW ACSW If you are navigating stress, anxiety, or trauma, you're in the right place. She graduated from Fordham University with a Masters in psychiatric social work.

As a practicing psychotherapist for nearly 30 years, I have found that the key to healing is a safe, non-judgmental space where you can show up authentically. Rachel Willyung has 25 years of experience working with adolescents, adults and the elderly. As an experienced psychotherapist, working with ages twelve through adulthood, she frequently utilizes aspects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and psychodynamic theory. Rachel’s personal style is that of a coach because she sees the client/therapist relationship as a team effort. She believes that the connection between therapist and client is an important factor in achieving therapeutic success. She practices a humanistic approach with her clientele, and will use her extensive experience to tailor treatment to your individual needs. She has a great deal of experience with treating Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Trauma related diagnosis. She has a background in adolescent experiences that are unique to that developmental stage. She is a clinician experienced in Individual, Family and Couples therapies. Rachel Willyung is certified in the state of New Jersey as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and also credentialed by the Academy of Clinical Social Workers (License ).

“Please feel free to call me, I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.”

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01/29/2026

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pain is the starting point.

01/29/2026

There are moments when slowing down feels like falling behind, but it is often the opposite. Life has a way of asking you to pause when something inside you needs space to breathe, integrate, or finally be felt. This is not a punishment. It is an invitation to stop outrunning your own becoming.

Some growth cannot keep pace with constant motion. It needs stillness, patience, and your willingness to listen instead of push. When you allow yourself to move at the speed of meaning, you begin to notice what has been waiting for you all along.

Slowing down is sometimes how you finally arrive.

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01/29/2026

Allow yourself to be joyful as often as possible. ♥️ ~ Nanea

01/29/2026

Grief does not always arrive as tears or visible heartbreak. Sometimes it moves quietly through the body, showing up in small pauses, in moments where memory catches you off guard, in the realization that something once held a sacred place in your life and no longer exists there.

That awareness is not weakness. It is evidence of depth, of attachment, of the capacity to love fully. Grief is simply love that has nowhere to land, and honoring it is part of honoring yourself.

What you loved mattered, and so does the way you carry it now.

01/27/2026

💛Dear past, I honor you.

You carried me here. You taught me lessons I could only learn by living them.

But I need to tell you something now:
I’m not coming back.

I no longer want to repeat stories just to understand why I lived through each one.
I don’t want to carry the weight anymore…
I want to carry the wisdom.

So, past, you’re moving places now.
You no longer live in my decisions.
You live in my clarity.
You live in my growth.
You live in my strength to begin again without collapsing under what once hurt.

Thank you for everything.🙏
Now the future may enter…
and I am ready.

01/27/2026

Chemistry can feel compelling, yet it does not always align with character.

Potential often reads brightly in imagination, while present behavior remains the clearer record.

Communication is frequently praised as a solution, but it does not substitute for emotional maturity that has not yet developed.

These ideas appear often in conversations about relationships, shaping expectations in subtle ways.

Clarity tends to emerge when attention rests on what is consistently shown, rather than what might someday appear.

Educational content only and does not establish a therapy relationship.

01/27/2026

'Raise yourself to the level of energy where you are the light you seek.'

01/27/2026

Lessons life taught me. 🧘🏿‍♀️

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Rachel Willyung has 25 years of experience working with adolescents, adults and the elderly. She graduated from Fordham University with a Masters in psychiatric social work. As an experienced psychotherapist, working with ages twelve through adulthood, she frequently utilizes aspects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and psychodynamic theory. Rachel’s personal style is that of a coach because she sees the client/therapist relationship as a team effort. She believes that the connection between therapist and client is an important factor in achieving therapeutic success. She practices a humanistic approach with her clientele, and will use her extensive experience to tailor treatment to your individual needs. She has a great deal of experience with treating Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Trauma related diagnosis. She has a background in adolescent experiences that are unique to that developmental stage. She is a clinician experienced in Individual, Family and Couples therapies. Rachel Willyung is certified in the state of New Jersey as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and also credentialed by the Academy of Clinical Social Workers (License #44SC05178000). “Please feel free to call me, I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.”

I am currently doing telemedicine visits via Doxy Me.