About Rebecca
Rebecca Andersen greets worried parents with calm and clear guidance. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - based in Minnesota with 21 years of experience.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical change and helps people take small steps that add up over time. Rebecca listens first and asks simple questions to clarify what matters most.
She helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship strain, and parenting pressures. Sessions also address intimacy issues, career stress, body image worries, and the fallout from separation or infidelity.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Rebecca uses client-centered conversations alongside cognitive and narrative tools to spot unhelpful patterns and test new ways of thinking and acting.
Mindfulness and emotionally focused ideas are woven in when they fit a person's goals. Work with her tends to include goal-setting, short-term skill practice, and checking what does or does not help between sessions.
She offers phone, video, live chat, and text messaging options to fit different schedules and needs. Rebecca draws on two decades of experience to tailor practical steps for each person.
She aims for clearer communication, fewer stuck patterns, and more moments of ease. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire connects someone with the right schedule and session format.
Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like
Rebecca often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on practical steps that can shift daily patterns.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people understand and voice what matters in close relationships. EFT-style work can help when emotions keep getting in the way of connection or when patterns of distance and reactivity repeat.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try a few techniques, and adjust based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where your feedback shapes the direction of sessions.
Online therapy offers useful practical advantages. Video calls let you see facial cues and use visual tools during a session. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is hard. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to check in between sessions, send brief reflections, or handle quick scheduling and coaching-style support. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, parenting, and caregiving.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English