About Rebecca
Rebecca Shoemaker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 10 years of experience. She focuses on approachable, practical care for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career strain, depression, and life transitions. She centers sessions on each person's needs and goals.
Conversations are tailored rather than borrowed from a script. Rebecca aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where someone can talk through what feels hardest right now.
How Rebecca works
Her work often addresses mood challenges like depression and anxiety, and problems that come with big changes at work or in life. She also helps people who feel isolated, overwhelmed by control issues, or stuck in cycles of guilt, shame, or low self-worth. Rebecca uses methods drawn from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and solution-focused therapy.
Those approaches guide how she and the client try new ways of thinking, practice coping skills, and set small, achievable goals. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Rebecca helps people build concrete tools for managing panic, obsessive thoughts, seasonal mood shifts, and relationship-related struggles such as attachment concerns.
She explains steps clearly and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Rebecca lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Rebecca works with
The areas below are the ones Rebecca selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow your lead, reflect what you're saying, and shape sessions around your priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, emphasizes spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In online work CBT often uses short exercises, homework, and step-by-step plans that can be reviewed between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one method from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when someone needs lower bandwidth or wants to be off camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These options give flexibility to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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