Rebecca Marrs, LMFT

Rebecca Marrs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with ten years of experience in the mental health field. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and trauma-related issues. Rebecca uses clear, practical methods to help clients set goals and make steady progress.

Her work emphasizes a collaborative intake where she asks about the reasons for starting therapy and what a successful outcome looks like. Sessions include a conversational assessment that naturally gathers necessary information. Clients can expect to be heard, validated, and treated with respect throughout the process.

Rebecca draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and client-centered techniques to identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people manage overwhelming emotions and trauma-focused ideas when past events affect present life. Solution-focused steps are used to clarify immediate goals and build small, manageable changes.

She has experience across many settings and with a wide range of life situations, including adoption and foster care backgrounds, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and issues tied to identity and relationships. That experience helps her adapt tools to each person’s situation.

Therapy sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Rebecca works with clients to set goals and adjust methods as progress is made, giving people a clear say in their care.

How Rebecca Uses Practical Therapies Online

Rebecca often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into small, changeable parts. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping each person lead the direction of their work.

Mindfulness practices are added when managing strong emotions or trauma responses is needed. These exercises are simple and can be done between sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. Rebecca tailors which approaches to use based on the person's goals and what feels most helpful during early sessions, so the plan evolves together rather than being fixed up front.

Online therapy with Rebecca uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy work with busy lives. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can fit a break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text options allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into everyday routines.