Dr. Rebecca Wiersma, LMSW

Dr. Rebecca Wiersma is a licensed master social worker with a doctorate in philosophy focused on social work practice. She brings 11 years of mental health experience and a practical approach to common concerns like anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, and stress. Rebecca writes plainly and aims to make therapy understandable for busy parents and adults.

She uses a client-centered style that shapes treatment to each person. Sessions often include cognitive-behavioral ideas and mindfulness exercises to help manage thoughts and feelings. Attachment-based perspectives guide work around parenting, adoption, and relationship patterns.

Her background includes work across many mood and behavioral concerns, including ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with life transitions, career questions, and struggles with self-esteem or isolation. Rebecca has experience addressing family of origin issues, blended family challenges, and adoption or foster care topics.

In the room she focuses on clear, usable strategies. That can mean learning ways to shift unhelpful thinking, practicing grounding skills, or tracing how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what a person needs right now.

Rebecca sees therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people set practical goals, tracks small changes, and adjusts the plan when something isn’t working. Her aim is to offer realistic tools parents and adults can use between sessions.

How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online care

Dr. Rebecca Wiersma commonly draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and attachment-based thinking in sessions. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current parenting and relationship challenges, and helps people develop different ways of connecting.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Rebecca will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit a person’s needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. She aims to be collaborative, so clients help decide whether to focus on skills practice, relationship patterns, or understanding emotional history.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and skills demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a quick check-in without video. Live chat and text messaging allow brief exchanges and reminders between sessions or a shorter way to process thoughts. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy family and work routines.