- Client-centered
- Skill focused
- Nonjudgmental
About Rebecca
Rebecca Wagner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 19 years of experience based in New York. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, panic, depression, trauma, parenting challenges, and stress. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where a worried parent can talk through immediate concerns and learn practical skills.
Rebecca uses straightforward tools to help people manage intense emotions and everyday pressures. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and short check-ins to support progress between meetings. She emphasizes the client’s goals and works at a pace that feels manageable.
Her background includes long-term work with adolescents and family concerns, and experience addressing self-harm urges, post-traumatic stress, and relationship difficulties. Rebecca has worked with people navigating adoption and foster care, autism spectrum challenges, communication problems, and impulsivity.
Rebecca practices from a client-centered stance and draws on several therapeutic methods to fit each person’s needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills for intense feelings. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people find realistic steps toward change.
She notes that telehealth can allow for more frequent contacts and brief skill teaching between sessions. Prospective clients are encouraged to schedule a match and plan sessions that fit their life and goals.
How Rebecca’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Rebecca often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT sessions typically include clear steps, practice assignments, and techniques to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach concrete coping skills for intense emotions. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication, which can be useful for managing panic, anger, and self-harm impulses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca prefers to learn about a person’s goals and daily routine, then suggests methods that fit those needs. Clients and therapist choose strategies collaboratively and adapt them over time.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow for brief check-ins, and support more frequent contact when helpful. Some people find phone calls simpler when bandwidth or camera use is limited, while video sessions allow for visual cues and in-the-moment skills coaching. Discuss practical scheduling needs when booking so sessions work with daily responsibilities.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rebecca commonly address?
She works with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, trauma, parenting and relationship challenges. Her practice also addresses grief, self-harm urges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She focuses on teaching skills, problem solving, and short check-ins to support coping between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Rebecca has 19 years of experience working in mental health settings, including substantial work with adolescents and family-related concerns.
What credential and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, NY LMHC, and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.