- CBT techniques
- Emotion-focused work
- Narrative approaches
About Rebecca
Rebecca Andersen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Minnesota with 21 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family challenges, and issues around self-esteem, intimacy, parenting, career change, and coping with life transitions. Rebecca also addresses concerns such as codependency, communication problems, forgiveness, and feelings of guilt and shame.
Rebecca uses practical, straightforward methods in sessions. She focuses on what is happening now and what patterns keep repeating. Conversations look at thoughts, feelings, and the stories people tell about themselves. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.
Her approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused ideas. She also uses narrative and mindfulness elements to help people notice thoughts and rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves. Treatment conversations can include skill practice, reflection, and brief experiments to test new ways of relating.
Rebecca has a long history of helping people untangle family-of-origin issues, blended-family stress, divorce and separation, and intimacy-related problems. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, dissociation, and challenges tied to caregiving or chronic illness. Her practice attends to both practical problem solving and shifts in how people understand themselves.
Sessions emphasize collaboration and clear steps you can try between appointments. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment. Fees vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches used for online sessions and how they help
Rebecca commonly draws on cognitive behavioral work and emotionally-focused methods when addressing relationship strain, anxiety, or persistent guilt. CBT breaks down thoughts and behaviors into small steps and practical exercises that can be tried between sessions. Emotionally-focused work looks at interaction patterns and helps identify underlying feelings that drive conflict and distance.She also incorporates client-centered principles that keep the conversation focused on the person's goals and preferences. Narrative elements are used to notice the stories people tell about themselves and try out alternative, less blaming ways of understanding events. These approaches suit concerns like grief, shame, and family-of-origin issues because they combine reflection with concrete practice.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Rebecca collaborates with each person to identify goals and test methods that feel useful. That can mean adjusting techniques over a few sessions to better fit the client's needs and daily life.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, shorten check-ins when needed, and allow sessions without travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often use these benefits to help people keep therapy consistent with everyday responsibilities.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family problems, and issues like self-esteem, intimacy, parenting, and guilt and shame.
How does Rebecca approach therapy?
She uses a collaborative mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, narrative therapy, and mindfulness practices to help people notice and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns including family conflict, trauma, and life changes.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Rebecca is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Minnesota.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.