- Practical coping strategies
- Calm, respectful approach
- Focus on sleep and rest
About Rebecca
Rebecca Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who brings nearly a decade of post-licensure experience to her practice. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and sees clients from West Virginia. She wants to make the first step feel manageable and respects the courage it takes to begin.
Her approach centers on respectful, compassionate conversation. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. She adapts the pace and topics to each person, helping people handle stress, anxiety, and sleep difficulties in ways that fit daily life.
Rebecca often helps people cope with loss and grief and with feelings of low self-esteem or depression. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, or challenges tied to caregiving and burnout. Relationship strain, communication problems, and intimacy-related issues are also common topics in her work.
She uses familiar, straightforward methods in session rather than technical labels. Rebecca draws on client-centered techniques that follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioral ideas that look at thoughts and actions, and mindfulness practices to calm and focus the moment. Motivational interviewing and narrative approaches are used when someone wants clearer motivation or a different way to tell their story.
Rebecca keeps sessions practical. People leave with small steps to try between meetings and ways to track what helps. If you want to address sleeping problems or manage the pressure of work and family demands, she will work with you to find doable strategies and priorities.
How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's concerns. In online sessions this means the therapist prioritizes what matters most to the person and shapes the conversation around their goals and experience.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions typically include identifying unhelpful patterns and trying small experiments or exercises between meetings to test new behaviors.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and stress management. These practices can be guided in real time and then practiced independently between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Rebecca will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as format details are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed, and let people try practices in the context of their everyday routine without commuting.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
West Virginia, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rebecca commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue among other related concerns.
What is her typical therapy style?
She uses a client-centered style that follows each person’s lead and blends practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques when helpful.
What background and experience does she bring?
Rebecca has nine years of experience since licensure and a longer professional history in social service settings. She emphasizes respectful and sensitive care tailored to individual needs.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in West Virginia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.