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Rebecca is a therapist who works with adults and couples navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional stress. Her approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practice, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and other therapeutic modalities to promote both practical change and deeper self-understanding. Rebecca helps clients identify and shift unhelpful patterns in their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships while developing skills that support emotional regulation, effective communication, and more intentional ways of living and relating. Her goal is to help clients gain greater clarity, resilience, and confidence as they navigate life's challenges and work toward meaningful, lasting change.
During the first session, Rebecca focuses on developing a clear understanding of what is bringing the client to therapy and what changes they hope to achieve. She explores the client's current concerns, relevant personal history, and the patterns that may be contributing to difficulties in their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. The session also includes a discussion of previous efforts to address these concerns, including what has been helpful and what has not. Together, Rebecca and the client begin identifying treatment goals and establishing a roadmap for therapy. She provides initial support, guidance, and structure to help clients leave the session with greater clarity, insight, and a sense of direction. Equally important, the first session is an opportunity to begin building a strong therapeutic relationship. Rebecca strives to create a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel heard, understood, and comfortable enough to engage in meaningful and lasting personal growth over time.
Rebecca's therapeutic approach is distinguished by its balance of structure and emotional attunement. While fostering insight and self-awareness is an important part of the process, she also focuses on helping clients make meaningful changes in real time. Drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based interventions, Rebecca takes a practical and collaborative approach to treatment. She helps clients understand how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact and contribute to ongoing challenges, then works with them to develop strategies that can be applied effectively in everyday life. In couples therapy, Rebecca emphasizes understanding the interaction patterns that sustain conflict rather than focusing on blame. By helping partners identify and interrupt unhelpful cycles, she creates opportunities for greater empathy, reduced defensiveness, and more productive communication. Clients often describe therapy with Rebecca as both clarifying and grounding. Sessions are designed to help clients gain a deeper understanding of their internal experiences and relationship dynamics while also providing concrete tools for change. Over time, this approach can support improved emotional regulation, stronger communication skills, healthier relationships, and lasting movement away from repetitive or unhelpful patterns.
Rebecca is best positioned to support adults and couples who are ready to engage in meaningful, practical work focused on relationships, emotional wellbeing, and major life transitions. Many of Rebecca's clients are navigating relationship strain, communication difficulties, or periods when life no longer feels aligned with their values, goals, or sense of purpose. Couples often seek her support when they feel stuck in repetitive conflict cycles, emotional disconnection, or uncertainty about how to move forward together in a healthier and more fulfilling way. Rebecca also works effectively with individuals who are thoughtful and self-reflective but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or trapped in patterns they understand intellectually yet struggle to change. These clients are often seeking practical tools, emotional clarity, and a stronger sense of direction in their lives. Her therapeutic approach is particularly well suited for clients who value both insight and action. Rebecca provides space for clients to deepen their understanding of themselves while incorporating evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based strategies, to support meaningful and sustainable changes in daily life, emotional wellbeing, and relationships.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as a practical, collaborative way to help you notice how your thoughts, feelings, and actions are all linked. In our work, we gently slow things down together so we can spot unhelpful thought patterns that might be fuelling distress or keeping you stuck. We then test out more balanced or flexible ways of thinking, and pair that with small, real-world changes in behaviour so things start to feel different in day-to-day life. It’s not about “positive thinking” or forcing anything. It’s more like tuning an instrument—helping your mind and actions get a bit more in sync so life feels more manageable and intentional.
Couples Counseling
I use couples therapy as a structured but flexible space where both partners can slow things down, get heard properly, and start to see the relationship patterns that keep repeating. I help you both notice the cycle you get stuck in, especially how each person’s reactions can unintentionally trigger the other. Once that pattern is clearer, we work on shifting it in real time: improving communication, softening conflict, and building more effective ways of responding to each other. There’s a strong focus on emotional safety, repair after tension, and learning skills you can actually use outside the room, not just talk about. Think of it as helping the relationship stop “auto-piloting” into the same fights and start building new pathways that feel more connected and steady.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
I integrate a mindfulness-based approach by helping you build awareness of what’s happening in the present moment without immediately reacting to it or judging it. In practice, this means noticing thoughts, emotions, and body sensations as they arise, and learning to create a bit of space between what you experience and how you respond. We might use grounding exercises, breath awareness, or simple pauses during difficult moments to help you come back to steadier footing. Over time, this supports a different relationship with distressing thoughts or feelings—they become experiences you can observe and move through, rather than things that automatically take over. The aim is more choice, more steadiness, and less getting pulled around by internal reactivity.