Rebecca Smith, LICSW, LCSW

Rebecca Smith is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in West Virginia. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and has nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, people-first therapy that meets someone where they are.

Rebecca spends sessions listening closely and tailoring conversation to each person’s needs. She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem or motivation. She also supports people facing addiction concerns, caregiving strain, aging and geriatric issues, and relationship or intimacy-related problems.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. Rebecca uses familiar tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral approaches, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy. That means sessions often include reviewing current habits, trying small experiments, and noticing thoughts and patterns that get in the way.

Rebecca also addresses longer-term themes like family of origin issues, abandonment, codependency, and forgiveness. She speaks with people about career stress, first responder pressures, and coping with major life changes. Conversations aim to identify next steps that feel doable.

If someone is managing caregiver stress or concerns tied to growing older, Rebecca helps clarify priorities and make plans that reduce overwhelm. Her approach blends listening with practical strategies so progress can happen between sessions.

How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online therapy

Rebecca uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in plain, practical ways. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around the person’s goals. It helps when someone needs acceptance, a chance to tell their story, and guidance that fits their pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses short experiments and skill practice to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She adapts methods over time so sessions remain practical and focused on steps the person can take between meetings.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy day and keeping momentum between meetings. Online work can make it easier to attend from different locations, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm which formats are available before booking. Rebecca will help match the approach and format to what best supports someone’s needs.