Rebecca Smith, LICSW, LCSW

Rebecca Smith is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in West Virginia. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and brings nine years of therapy experience to her work. She focuses on clear, direct conversations and builds a plan that fits each person's situation. Rebecca aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Rebecca helps people manage stress and anxiety and cope with trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing grief, depression, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. Her work includes concerns around relationships, intimacy, sleeping problems, parenting stress, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions center on what matters most to the client, with goals set together. She uses hands-on strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and encourages small, manageable steps toward change.

Rebecca draws on a mix of approaches to match the needs at hand. She uses client-centered techniques to keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities. Cognitive behavioral methods help identify and shift thinking patterns that fuel distress. Mindfulness and motivational strategies support staying present and finding reasons to keep moving forward.

She also works with narrative ideas to help people reframe painful stories about themselves. When you begin, Rebecca tailors the plan to your goals and life situation. To start, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a time that fits your availability.

How Rebecca Uses Approaches Online

Rebecca often combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies. Client-centered therapy means sessions focus on the client's priorities and experiences, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help people find their own path. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns.

She also incorporates mindfulness techniques to help people notice the present moment without judgment. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and improve sleep, focus, and stress management. These approaches are useful for anxiety, trauma recovery, grief, and problems like low self-worth or difficulty coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then recommend methods that fit those aims. She adjusts strategies over time so clients move at a comfortable pace and see what helps in real life.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm the specific online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Discuss scheduling and format when you start so sessions match your routine and needs.