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- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship support
- Skills focused
About Rebekah
Rebekah Smith is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Maine. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her approach aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace.
She creates a welcoming space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations are straightforward and grounded, and she collaborates with clients to set clear goals. Progress often includes practical steps to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily routines.
Rebekah uses tools from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and emotion-focused strategies to support changes in thinking and behavior. She also draws on attachment-informed thinking and skills from dialectical behavior approaches when helpful. These methods are explained in simple terms and tailored to what each person needs.
With four years of clinical experience, she combines practical techniques with a warm, empathetic stance. Sessions emphasize skills people can use between meetings, such as coping strategies, communication practices, and ways to manage grief or mood shifts.
She recognizes how life changes, parenting demands, adoption or foster care challenges, and substance-related problems can affect wellbeing. Her goal is to help people find clearer thinking, better routines, and more reliable emotional balance over time.
She creates a welcoming space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations are straightforward and grounded, and she collaborates with clients to set clear goals. Progress often includes practical steps to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily routines.
Rebekah uses tools from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and emotion-focused strategies to support changes in thinking and behavior. She also draws on attachment-informed thinking and skills from dialectical behavior approaches when helpful. These methods are explained in simple terms and tailored to what each person needs.
With four years of clinical experience, she combines practical techniques with a warm, empathetic stance. Sessions emphasize skills people can use between meetings, such as coping strategies, communication practices, and ways to manage grief or mood shifts.
She recognizes how life changes, parenting demands, adoption or foster care challenges, and substance-related problems can affect wellbeing. Her goal is to help people find clearer thinking, better routines, and more reliable emotional balance over time.
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How her approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, or sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and ways of connecting, and it can help with relationship strain and family conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people practice communication skills and behavioral experiments in their everyday routines. Licensed professionals tailor online sessions to each person's needs and practical constraints so therapy can fit into real life.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
GriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCodependencyCommitment issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingJealousyMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Sexual assault and abuseTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems
Experience
4+ years
Credentials
Maine
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, and related issues like sleep, eating, parenting, anger, and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, straightforward style that emphasizes practical skills and emotional understanding. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She holds a Maine LCSW and has four years of clinical experience working with adults facing a range of life stressors and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in Maine as an LCSW and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
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 paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.