About Rebecca
Rebecca Matherly is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks English and German and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit into daily life.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations about attachment, communication, and coping during life transitions. Rebecca pays attention to how culture and identity shape feelings and relationships.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, isolation, and questions about life purpose. In session she invites reflection and action. People work on building self-compassion, reducing panic symptoms, and improving problem-solving skills.
She offers gentle ways to face grief, guilt, and shame and to practice healthier self-talk and boundaries. Rebecca has five years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - in Texas. That background includes work with people who have intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum differences, and with those needing hospice or end-of-life support.
Her practice emphasizes patience and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Therapy with her can include longer talk sessions or shorter check-ins by text or chat depending on what fits. She encourages clients to set attainable goals and to notice small changes over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Rebecca draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and understanding patterns in daily life. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and panic - clients learn breathing and grounding strategies plus ways to face feared situations gradually. Another approach centers on processing grief and loss through structured conversations and meaning-making exercises to reduce overwhelm and help people move forward.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and practical needs and then try methods that suit them. She treats the choice of approach as collaborative and adjusts the plan when something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be a brief check-in between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or varying schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, German