Rebecca Andersen, LMFT

Rebecca Andersen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what is most urgent for each person. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings, as well as talking through the feelings that keep getting in the way.

With 21 years of experience, Rebecca combines straightforward tools with a collaborative style. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also draws on Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused ideas to hold strong feelings and rebuild connection in relationships.

Rebecca works with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, anger, career stress, and coping with major life changes. She also pays attention to family of origin issues, divorce and separation, codependency, and body image concerns. Her approach aims to make problems easier to understand and manage in daily life.

In sessions Rebecca often blends short-term skill building with longer conversations about meaning and values. She uses mindfulness techniques to slow down difficult moments and narrative tools to reframe stuck stories. Clients are invited to try experiments between sessions and review what helps.

Rebecca practices in Minnesota and conducts therapy in English. Her style is warm, practical, and focused on helping people find clearer options and more satisfying ways to move forward.

How Rebecca’s Approaches Work Online

Rebecca commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. EFT helps people identify and express deeper emotions that affect relationships and fosters clearer emotional connection.

She also uses Client-Centered principles, which means the therapist listens with empathy and follows the client's pace and priorities. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust what they do based on what feels most helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and visual connection, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into busy lives.