Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in West Virginia. She brings nine years of licensed social work experience to her practice and focuses on helping people manage common life stresses. Rebecca writes that she treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Rebecca concentrates on issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation. She also addresses depression, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, and caregiving strain. Rebecca lists a wide range of additional focus areas including abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and forgiveness. Her way of working is collaborative and adaptive. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to match each person’s needs. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward. The goal is to help people find clearer steps forward and rebuild confidence. Rebecca uses several therapy approaches to guide her work. Those include client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals, cognitive behavioral techniques that look at thinking and behavior patterns, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, motivational interviewing for change talk, and narrative strategies that reframe personal stories. She encourages people to notice that starting therapy takes courage and says she is proud when someone takes that step. To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and priorities. In online sessions this means the conversation follows what matters most to the client and the therapist reflects and clarifies to keep goals clear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Delivered online, CBT often uses short exercises between sessions to practice new ways of thinking and behaving.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will collaborate with each person to figure out which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can shift over time as goals change.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking, since available formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins during a break, and let people use mindfulness or homework exercises in their everyday environment. Ask about current session options when you sign up so you know how meetings are scheduled and how they will fit into your routine.