About Rebecca
Rebecca Smith helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She supports people wrestling with low self-esteem, relationship and family problems, grief, parenting strain, anger and career stress. Rebecca has 18 years of clinical experience and holds NCPS credentialing.
She works alongside clients to find practical ways forward. Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what would make life feel better.
How Rebecca works
Rebecca listens first, then offers ways to try that fit each person’s needs. She aims for clear steps rather than long theoretical talks. Rebecca draws on several therapeutic approaches to tailor care.
That might include client-centred conversations to explore values, cognitive behavioural techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and trauma-focused work when past events keep causing pain. She adapts tools to each person rather than using one fixed method. In sessions she helps people break big problems into manageable steps.
That can mean learning new ways to cope with anxiety, practising different communication patterns, or pacing recovery from difficult experiences. Practical exercises and short-term goals are often used alongside deeper reflection. People can expect a collaborative relationship.
Rebecca and the client set aims together and review progress regularly. The work is paced to suit each person’s situation and tolerance for change. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers online session formats.
Rebecca aims to make therapy feel useful from the first few meetings.
Rebecca lists 5 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. It helps when someone needs space to talk and feel heard so they can clarify their own goals and values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives simple strategies for reducing anxiety, low mood and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of past harm and offers structured ways to process and reduce the hold of traumatic memories.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will discuss different methods with each person and decide together what feels most helpful. That joint decision can change over time as needs and goals evolve.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible in different ways. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into busy days and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for shorter check-ins, written reflection or for people who prefer typing. These formats offer flexibility to fit sessions around work, caregiving or mobility limitations while still using the same therapeutic tools and collaborative planning.
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A practical next step
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