About Rebecca
Rebecca Holland is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and low self-esteem. She helps people who are managing life changes, addictive behaviors, mood shifts, trauma, or grief. Rebecca focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel more steady and able to cope.
She approaches work in a straightforward, collaborative way. Rebecca treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on clearer thinking, better skills for strong emotions, and small habits that add up to real change. Rebecca uses evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness practices. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice skills for emotion regulation, and bring attention to the present moment in manageable ways.
These approaches are chosen to fit each person’s situation and goals. Her background includes more than a decade of clinical work in Illinois as an LCSW. Rebecca draws on that experience when helping people sort through relationship troubles, parenting stress, body image concerns, attachment wounds, and post-traumatic symptoms.
She supports those facing panic, bipolar mood challenges, postpartum depression, and sleep or eating difficulties. Rebecca aims for sessions that are down-to-earth and useful. She helps people set small goals, try new coping tools, and notice progress along the way.
The focus is on practical change and clearer day-to-day functioning.
How Rebecca’s Approaches Work Online
Rebecca uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new, more helpful ways of thinking. CBT is practical and problem-focused, often useful for anxiety, depression, and mood-related concerns.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT tools can be especially helpful when strong emotions, anger, or impulsive patterns get in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rebecca will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try different strategies, and adjust plans based on what works best. The client and therapist decide together which methods to emphasize.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent work on goals without extra travel time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English