About
All Along is a Chicago-based service helping people anywhere feel more knowledgeable about and comfortable with mental health, through through phone, email, media, and events.
All Along provides:
- Individualized consultation on mental health and therapy.
- Easy-to-understand expert input for articles and books.
Check out the Dayton Daily News article profiling Rachel and All Along, or read All Along's latest press release.
Rachel Kazez, LCSW - FOUNDER
Rachel Kazez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Chicago. Rachel started All Along after noticing that people from all walks of life valued help from a therapist before getting into therapy.
Rachel is a Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician at Presence Behavioral Health, Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in Chicago, where she has worked since 2012. She coordinates the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program and supervises masters-level student therapists. She also serves as an adjunct professor at University of Illinois-Chicago.
She earned her masters degree in Clinical Social Work at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, her Bachelors in Psychology from Vassar College, and spent a visiting semester at the Art Institute of Chicago studying art therapy.
Rachel has also worked on the student services team at Year Up Chicago, and in other student activities and marketing roles.