About Rebecca
Rebecca Thierfelder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person. She aims to help people move past emotional stuck points and regain forward momentum.
Rebecca uses a direct but empathetic style. She can be gently challenging while also validating feelings. She sometimes uses well-timed humor to ease tense moments and encourage honest self-reflection.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in community mental health settings. That experience brought exposure to a wide range of concerns and life circumstances. She has provided both individual support and group-based interventions to help people navigate change, motivation, and relationship struggles.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps tied to a person’s values. Conversations center on manageable goals, clearer thinking, and building routines that support wellbeing. Rebecca emphasizes skill-building alongside exploration of emotions and past hurts.
She offers live sessions by video or phone, as well as live chat and text messaging. Messaging is available between sessions and she aims to reply within about 24 hours. Rebecca works from Wisconsin and conducts sessions in English.
How Rebecca uses evidence-based techniques online
Rebecca draws on a few well-established approaches to guide work in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take committed steps toward them while accepting difficult feelings; it can support motivation and long-term change. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to boost readiness for change and explore ambivalence, which can help with addictions and commitment issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and then suggest techniques that fit. That choice is revisited as therapy progresses so methods stay relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls and phone, with live chat and text messaging available between sessions. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and messaging let people check in, get brief coaching, or keep momentum between scheduled sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English