About Rebecca
Rebecca Phelps-Smith is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing from Massachusetts. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and self-esteem concerns. Parents and adults often seek her out when daily life feels overwhelming or routines are hard to keep.
Rebecca uses clear, goal-focused work in sessions. She listens first, then helps people pick small changes that fit their life. Sessions are direct and supportive, aimed at making everyday tasks and relationships feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Her background includes 15 years of clinical experience across hospital and community settings. That experience shaped her approach to crisis moments, grief, and complicated trauma. She also has a history working with emergency services and first responder issues, so she understands high-stress job demands.
In therapy she blends client-centered conversation with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. She also draws on motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas when they help a person clarify goals. The focus stays on what is useful now - routines, coping skills, and clearer communication.
Sessions can include short skill-building exercises, problem-solving, and planning for real-life situations. Rebecca helps people identify patterns that get in the way of daily functioning and then tries practical alternatives. She aims to make change feel doable rather than overwhelming.
How Rebecca’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-centered therapy means sessions start with the client's concerns and priorities. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most, helping people set realistic goals and choose the next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to improve mood and daily function.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean practicing skills in session, reflecting on patterns from a psychodynamic perspective, or using brief motivational interviewing when someone needs support committing to change.
Online formats make that collaborative work flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues for role-play and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, skill reminders, or step-by-step planning between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and continue progress from wherever they are.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Washington
- Languages
- English
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